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blind

/ˈblaɪ̯nd/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Blind means: unable to see.

Synonyms for blind33

noun, as in a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

screen

noun, as in something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

subterfuge

verb, as in make dim by comparison or conceal

dim

adjective, as in unable to see

unsighted, blinded, blindfold, blindfolded, color-blind, colour-blind, dazzled, deuteranopic, green-blind, dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired
and 11 more, visually challenged, eyeless, sightless, unseeing, protanopic, red-blind, snow-blind, snow-blinded, stone-blind, tritanopic, blue-blind

adjective, as in unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

unperceptive, unperceiving

adjective, as in not based on reason or evidence

unreasoning, irrational

also used for blind

rollsign

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of blind

sighted

What does blind mean?10

adjective

1

unable to see“a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision”

2

unable or unwilling to perceive or understand“blind to a lover's faults”

3

not based on reason or evidence“blind hatred”

noun

1

a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”

2

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity“he wasn't sick — it was just a subterfuge”

3

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group“he spent hours reading to the blind”

4

a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)“he waited impatiently in the blind”

verb

1

make dim by comparison or conceal

2

render unable to see

3

make blind by putting the eyes out“The criminals were punished and blinded”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with blind?34

Show 40 near rhymes
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All 34 rhymes for blind, grouped by syllable

Blind in a sentence

  • My dog is blind, but he loves to go out for a walk.Source_VOA
  • In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.Scott
  • Without his glasses, he is as blind as a bat.qdii
  • Love is blind, but jealousy can see even nonexistent things.zipangu
  • In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.enteka
  • If you read this sentence, you will become blind.Spamster
  • When the cat is blind, the mouse becomes bold.sabretou
  • Marriages based on passionate, blind love seldom work out.patgfisher

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of blind

as a noun

plural
blinds

as a verb

past tense
blinded
present participle
blinding
third-person singular
blinds
past participle
blinded

as a adjective

comparative
blinder
superlative
blindest