nontransparent

English

Alternative forms

• non-transparent

Etymology

From non- +‎ transparent.

Adjective

nontransparent (not comparable)

1. Not transparent; lacking transparence; opaque.

   Synonyms: untransparent, intransparent

   • 2024 11, David Peter Alan, quoting Sally Jane Gellert, “Multilevel Cards to Get Their Trucks Overhauled, but What About the Windows?”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram:

     We remember that Kevin Corbett said last month that nontransparent ’crazed’ windows would be replaced when rail cars were overhauled.

Usage notes

• nontransparent is much more common than untransparent and intransparent.

Derived terms

• nontransparently

Related terms

• nontransparency

Translations

Not transparent; lacking transparence; opaque

• Bulgarian: непрозрачен (bg) (neprozračen)

Further reading

• “nontransparent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “nontransparent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• untransparent, nontransparent, intransparent, (opaque*0.02) at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.