All hyaline synonyms
hy·a·line
H h adj hyaline
- glazed — having a surface covered with a glaze; lustrous; smooth; glassy.
- icy — made of, full of, or covered with ice: icy roads.
- shiny — bright or glossy in appearance.
- sleek — smooth or glossy, as hair, an animal, etc.
- thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- translucent — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- glossy — having a shiny or lustrous surface.
- lustrous — having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes.
- slick — smooth and glossy; sleek.
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- transparent — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- vitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- hyaloid — hyaloid membrane.
- vitric — of or relating to glass.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- filmy — thin and light; fine and gauzy: a gown of a filmy material.
- gauzy — like gauze; transparently thin and light.
- glassy — resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.
- gossamer — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- limpid — clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
- lucid — easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- permeable — capable of being permeated.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- sheer — transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- lucent — shining.
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- crystal-clear — absolutely clear; transparent; lucid.
- tiffany — a sheer, mesh fabric constructed in plain weave, originally made of silk but now often made of cotton or synthetic fibers.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- glasslike — a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
adjective hyaline
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- glazy — Having the appearance of a glaze.
- see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.