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🤝 Open and honest 🔍 Letting light through 🫥 Obvious or clear
transparent

transparent

43 3.5
Very obvious and easy to see or understand
  • adjective
  • /trænˈspɛr.ənt/
translation icon : evidente
  • Every change to the software is public, open and transparent.
  • transparent attempt
  • more transparent
  • even more transparent

And then maybe, yeah, it's clear, it's transparent, but also it's not banning AI.

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Examples

  • Their simple little societies were, however, transparent to the educated, sophisticated Westerner.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Like I think being transparent about what these systems can do is good.

  • The core of the crisis was simple, transparent, clear.

  • We think of ourselves as more transparent than we are.

  • So maybe this makes everything a little bit more transparent and aware for everybody.

  • Yeah, I think with conflict, we're very open and transparent about different problems and issues.

  • I'll make our government open and transparent.

    America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014)

  • With global news coverage, events in China have become more transparent; the actions of the government are more conspicuous.

    Academic text (1999)

  • By reducing U.S. oil consumption and making oil payments more transparent, Americans can start to empower those states' citizens instead.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The company's policies are transparent, making it easy for employees to understand the rules.

Synonyms

clear
vstransparent
866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

often highlights easy detection from lack of subtle concealment
visible
vstransparent
398 1.0

Easy to see or notice

focuses more on being obvious due to no attempt to hide
plain
vstransparent
264 1.0

Easy to see or understand

tends to stress lack of concealment rather than neutral simplicity
crystal clear
vstransparent
5 3.1

Completely see-through so you can easily see inside

is broader, referring to obviousness rather than physical visual clarity
undisguised
vstransparent
3 4.7

Clearly shown and not hidden, often about feelings

is about obviousness from lack of concealment rather than mere clarity
perspicuous
vstransparent
  • Formal
1 7.9

Clear and easy to understand

covers any action or statement obvious because it lacks concealment

Antonyms

deceptive
62 5.3

Appearing true but making someone believe something that is not true

Compounds

transparent gem
5.1

A clear stone like a diamond that light passes through

transparent quartz
  • Specialized
5.7

A clear hard mineral used to make lenses and electronic parts

How Transparent

obvious
∞ 1.0
transparent
43 3.5
subtle
276 6.0
covert
117 6.8

Surface Forms

transparent positive

Morphology

transparent = trans + par + ent

This is a metaphorical extension from the literal sense ('see-through' → 'obvious'), so the relation is clear but not purely literal for all learners.

Etymology

Transparent comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and parere 'to show', and a helpful way to remember this use is to think of something that 'shows through'; a transparent excuse is easy to see through and so is obvious.