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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gaseous \Gas"e*ous\ (? or ?; 277), adjective [From {Gas}. Cf. F. gazeux.]
1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an a["e]riform fluid.
2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. ''Unconnected, gaseous information.'' --Sir J. Stephen.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gaseous
adjective: existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state" [ant: {solid}, {liquid}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "gaseous": adulterated, aerial, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air-built, airy, attenuate, attenuated, chimerical, cloud-built, cut, dilute, diluted, dreamlike, ethereal, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, fine, flimsy, fuming, fumy, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy, gossamery, illusory, imaginary, insubstantial, mephitic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, oxyacetylene, oxygenous, ozonic, phantomlike, pneumatic, rare, rarefied, reeking, reeky, shadowy, slight, smoking, smoky, spirituous, steaming, steamy, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, thinned, thinned-out, uncompact, uncompressed, unreal, unsubstantial, vaporing, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous, vapory, watered, watered-down, windy
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