Meaning & Definition of Transparent in English

1. Transmitting light

• Able to be seen through with clarity

• "The cold crystalline water of melted snow"

• "Crystal clear skies"

• "Could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"

• "Lucid air"

• "A pellucid brook"

• "Transparent crystal"

2. So thin as to transmit light

• "A hat with a diaphanous veil"

• "Filmy wings of a moth"

• "Gauzy clouds of dandelion down"

• "Gossamer cobwebs"

• "Sheer silk stockings"

• "Transparent chiffon"

• "Vaporous silks"

3. Free of deceit

4. Easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

• "A transparent explanation"

• "A transparent lie"