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- [vey-per-uh s]
- /ˈveɪ pər əs/
- /ˈveɪpərəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vey-per-uh s]
- /ˈveɪ pər əs/
Definitions of vaporous word
- adjective vaporous having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud. 1
- adjective vaporous full of or abounding in vapor; foggy; misty: a vaporous twilight. 1
- adjective vaporous producing or giving off vapor: a vaporous bog. 1
- adjective vaporous dimmed or obscured with vapor: a low valley surrounded by vaporous mountains. 1
- adjective vaporous unsubstantial; diaphanous; airy: vaporous fabrics; vaporous breezes. 1
- adjective vaporous vaguely formed, fanciful, or unreliable: vaporous promises. 1
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Origin of vaporous
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; vapor + -ous
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Vaporous
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vaporous popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
vaporous usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vaporous
adj vaporous
- aerial — You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
- aerier — ethereal; aerial.
- aeriest — ethereal; aerial.
- aeriform — having the form of air; gaseous
- aeronautical — Aeronautical means involving or relating to the design and construction of aeroplanes.
adjective vaporous
- draughty — characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.
- emulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of emulsify.
- ethereal — Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
- gassy — full of or containing gas.
- nonexistent — absence of existence.
Antonyms for vaporous
adj vaporous
- consentient — being in agreement; united in opinion
- law-abiding — obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law-abiding citizens.
- massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
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