blind - Definition | Dictionary definition of blind

Definition of blind

Adjectives

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"--Kenneth Jernigan

Synonyms:: unsighted; blinded
deprived of sight; blindfold, blindfolded
wearing a blindfold; color-blind, colour-blind
unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors; dazzled
having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light; deuteranopic, green-blind
inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red; dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired
having greatly reduced vision; eyeless, sightless, unseeing
lacking sight; protanopic, red-blind
inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green; snow-blind, snow-blinded
temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice; stone-blind
completely blind; blue-blind, tritanopic
inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow

Antonyms:: sighted
able to see; argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted
having very keen vision; clear-sighted
having sharp clear vision; seeing
having vision, not blind; show more antonyms...

unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

"blind to a lover's faults"

"blind to the consequences of their actions"

Synonyms:: unperceiving, unperceptive
lacking perception

not based on reason or evidence

"blind hatred"

"blind faith"

Synonyms:: unreasoning; irrational
not consistent with or using reason

Verbs

render unable to see

Types:: bedazzle, daze, dazzle
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; seel
sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons; snow-blind
affect with snow blindness

make blind by putting the eyes out

"The criminals were punished and blinded"

Types:: abacinate
blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

make dim by comparison or conceal

Synonyms:: dim

Type of:: darken
make dark or darker

Nouns

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

"he spent hours reading to the blind"

Type of:: people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

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

"he waited impatiently in the blind"

Type of:: concealment, cover, covert, screen
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

"they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

Synonyms:: screen

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window); drop, drop cloth, drop curtain
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery; festoon
a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves; frontal
a drapery that covers the front of an altar; portiere
a heavy curtain hung across a doorway; shower curtain
a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area; theater curtain, theatre curtain
a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance; shutter
a hinged blind for a window; deadlight
a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather; jalousie
a shutter made of angled slats; window blind
a blind for privacy or to keep out light; Venetian blind
a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed; window shade
an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window; blinder, blinker, winker
blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side