transparent

Plural: transparents

Adjective Satellite

• transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  • "transparent crystal"
• so thin as to transmit light
  • "transparent chiffon"
• free of deceit
• easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)
  • "a transparent explanation"
  • "a transparent lie"

Adj

• See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
• See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
• Of a graphical image or animated GIF, having parts that allow the background to show through.
• Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
• Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
• Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
• Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.

Noun

• Something that is transparent.
• A transgender or transsexual parent.

Examples

• His reasons for the decision were transparent.
• I love playing poker with Steve, because he's so transparent.
• The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.

Synonyms

cobwebby, crystal clear, crystalline, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, guileless, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see-through, sheer, vaporous, vapourous, apparent, clear, clear as crystal, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, obvious, perspicuous, serene, transparent, transpicuous, vitreous

Antonyms

hazy, non-transparent, nontransparent, obscure, opaque, translucent

Related Words

transparency, transparently, transparentness

Anagrams of transparent