translucentadjective
uk/trænzˈluː.sənt/us/trænˈsluː.sənt/often approvingIf an object or a substance is translucent, it is almost transparent, allowing some light through it in an attractive way:
translucent plastic/glass
This china is so fine and delicate that it's translucent.
Laura's skin has a translucent quality.
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opaque
transparent
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Transparent
- clear
- crystal
- crystal clear idiom
- crystalline
- densely
- diaphanous
- filmy
- impenetrable
- limpid
- opacity
- opaque
- see-through
- thin
- thinly
- transparency
- transparent
translucence
noun [ U ] uk/trænzˈluː.səns/us/trænˈsluː.səns/