“blind”

Definitions

• adjective

  unable to see

  Synonyms: unsighted, ableptical, abstruse, alibi, amaurotic, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, amorphous, apology, art, artifice

  Antonyms: sighted

  • Example:“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.”

• adjective

  unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

  • Example:“blind to a lover's faults”
  • Example:“blind to the consequences of their actions”

• adjective

  not based on reason or evidence

  Synonyms: unreasoning

  • Example:“blind hatred”
  • Example:“blind faith”

• noun

  people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

  • Example:“He spent hours reading to the blind.”

• noun

  a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)

  • Example:“He waited impatiently in the blind.”

• noun

  a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

  Synonyms: screen

  • Example:“They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet.”