translucent[adjective]Synonyms: transparent, clear, limpid, pellucid, see-through, clear-cut, crystal, lucent, lucid, luminous, transpicuous, unblurred, tralucent, translucid
Related Words: apparent,
obvious,
unmistakable,
lucent,
lucid [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
trans‧lu‧cent /trænzˈluːs
ənt $ træns-/
adjective[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: present participle of translucere 'to shine through', from lucere 'to shine']
not transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through:
Blue veins showed through her translucent skin.—translucence noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲