SuaviloquyToday’s word

transparency

Transparency, n.; pl. Transparencies.

Etymology: [Cf. F. transparence.]

1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it. Fairholt.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists transparency only as an antonym, under hypocrisy.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given

Antonyms