Noun

• S: (n) gossamer (a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) cobweb, gossamer (filaments from a web that was spun by a spider)

Adjective

• S: (adj) ethereal, gossamer (characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy) "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
• S: (adj) diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby (so thin as to transmit light) "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"