vaporous
vaporous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham.
- 2.Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot.
- 3.Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aeration
- aerial
- aerification
- aeriform
- aerodynamics
- aerostatics
- air
- airy
- alkali
- ammonia
- ammoniacal
- bladder
- cloud
- cloudiness
- cloudy
- diffuse
- dim
- dirty
- effluvium
- elastic
- emit
- essence
- ether
- ethereal
- evanesce
- evaporable
- evaporate
- film
- fish
- flatulence
- flatulency
- flatulent
- flatus
- fluid
- fog
- foggy
- fuliginous
- fume
- fumid
- gas
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is vaporous.
- What is full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham called?
- What is producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot called?
- What is unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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