Synonyms for hyaline
- clear
- thin
- translucent
- cellophane
- crystal-clear
- crystalline
- diaphanous
- filmy
- gauzy
- glassy
- gossamer
- limpid
- lucent
- lucid
- pellucid
- permeable
- plain
- sheer
- tiffany
- transpicuous
- vitreous
Antonyms for hyaline
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR HYALINE
Semi-hyaline: hyaline in part only: not altogether transparent.
The first glume is ovate-lanceolate, acute and hyaline, 1-nerved.
Grain is free, rugose, and the pericarp is hyaline and loose.
The first glume is very minute, empty, hyaline and persistent.
The third glume is hyaline, linear-oblong, 2-nerved ciliate.
The third glume is hyaline, empty, nerveless and without a palea.
The fourth glume also is small, hyaline, ciliate, and 1-nerved.
The third glume is hyaline, narrow-oblong, ciliate and obtuse.
The third glume is hyaline, thin, oblong, obtuse and nerveless.
The first two glumes are hyaline, unequal-nerved and persistent.
WORD ORIGIN
1660s, from Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos "of glass or crystal," from hyalos "glass" (see hyalo-).