## Meanings
1. Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be seen clearly.
2. Easy to see, understand, or recognize; obvious.
3. Open and honest, with nothing hidden.

## Examples
- The water was so transparent that we could see the bottom of the lake.
- His excuse was a transparent lie.
- The company promised to be transparent about how it spends its money.

## Synonyms
- clear
- crystalline
- diaphanous
- glassy
- hyaline
- hyaloid
- limpid
- lucid
- pellucid
- perspicuous
- see-through
- serene

## Antonyms
- hazy
- non-transparent
- nontransparent
- obscure
- opaque
- translucent

## Derived Forms
- semitransparent
- transparently

## Related Forms
- transparency
- transparently
- transparentness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *peh₂-
- Root: trānspārēns
- Root: trans
- Affix: trans- - across

## Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene.

## AI Etymology
Transparent is borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, la-med trānspārēns, Latin trans. In present-day use, it can mean allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be seen clearly, or easy to see, understand, or recognize; obvious. Derived formations include semitransparent, transparently.

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