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blind - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | screen, covering |
| Synonyms: | blinder, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil, blindfold, blinker |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sightless |
| Synonyms: | dark, amaurotic, blind as a bat, destitute of vision, eyeless, groping, in darkness, purblind, typhlotic, undiscerning, unseeing, unsighted, visionless |
| Antonyms: | seeing, sighted |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent |
| Synonyms: | careless, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, thoughtless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unobservant, imperceptive, undiscerning, unperceiving, unreasoning, unseeing |
| Antonyms: | aware, cunning, quick, sharp, understanding |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | hasty, heedless, impetuous, inconsiderate, irrational, mindless, rash, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unthinking, violent, wild, unseeing |
| Antonyms: | controlled |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden or covered |
| Synonyms: | closed, concealed, dark, dim, disguised, impassable, secluded, blocked, closed at one end, dead-end, leading nowhere, obscured, obstructed, unmarked, without egress, without exit |
| Antonyms: | open, uncovered, revealed |
| Main Entry: | aimless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no goal |
| Synonyms: | accidental, any which way, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, erratic, fanciful, fickle, flighty, fortuitous, frivolous, haphazard, heedless, hit-or-miss*, indecisive, indiscriminate, irresolute, pointless, purposeless, random, shiftless, stray, thoughtless, unavailing, unplanned, unpredictable, vagrant, wandering, wanton, wayward, bits-and-pieces, directionless, drifting, fits and starts, goalless, objectless, undirected, unguided |
| Antonyms: | determined, directed, pointed, purposeful, resolute, goal-oriented, motivated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | astound, bewilder, blind, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun |
| Main Entry: | binge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spree |
| Synonyms: | affair, bender, blind*, bout*, carousal, drunk*, fling, jag*, orgy*, toot*, compotation |
| Antonyms: | saving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | camouflage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard*, blind, cloak, concealment, cover, deceit, front, guise, mask, masquerade, mimicry, paint, red herring*, screen, shade, shroud, veil, coverup, deceptive marking, dissimulation, faking, false appearance, masking, plain brown wrapper, protective coloring, smokescreen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cover; coat |
| Synonyms: | beard, blind, camouflage, cape, disguise, facade, face, front, guise, mantle, mask, pretext, semblance, shawl, shield, show, veneer, wrap, capote, manteau |
| Main Entry: | concealment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding, secrecy |
| Synonyms: | beard, blind, camouflage, cover, cover-up, covering, curtain, disguise, front, hideaway, mask, privacy, red herring*, secretion, smoke screen*, veil, dissimulation, fig leaf, hide-out, laundromat, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, wraps |
| Antonyms: | disclosure, exposition, revelation, showing, telling, divulgence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curtain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | window covering |
| Synonyms: | Venetian blind, blind, decoration, drape, film, hanging, rag, screen, shade, shield, shroud, shutter, veil, drapery, jalousie, oleo, portiere, roller, valance |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, addle, befog, fuddle |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | dazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over*, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz*, hypnotize, impress, overpower, overwhelm, stupefy, surprise, overawe, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb |
| Antonyms: | bore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
| Synonyms: | attraction, beard*, blind, booster, camouflage, catch, chicanery, come-on, deception, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, lure, plant, pretense, sitting duck*, snare, stick, stool pigeon*, temptation, trick, trickery, allurement, blow off*, chicane, drawing card, ensnarement, inveiglement, nark, seducement, shill, stoolie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering, makeup for deception |
| Synonyms: | beard, blind, camouflage, charade, cloak, color, coloring, concealment, costume, counterfeit, cover-up, dress, facade, face, false front*, front*, guise, illusion, make-believe, mask, masquerade, pageant, pen name, pretense, pretension, pseudonym, red herring*, screen, semblance, smoke screen*, trickery, veil, veneer, dissimulation, faking, fig leaf, get-up, pretentiousness, put-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddle, obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, addle, steam up |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | inattentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | negligent, not paying attention |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard*, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained*, thoughtless, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, vague, distrait, inobservant, out to lunch, undiscerning, unnoticing, unobserving, unperceiving, unwatchful |
| Antonyms: | attentive, heedful, noticing, observant, looking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | involuntary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic; not done willingly |
| Synonyms: | automatic, blind, compulsory, conditioned, forced, habitual, impulsive, instinctive, knee-jerk*, obligatory, reflex, reluctant, spontaneous, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintentional, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwilling, unwitting, begrudging, grudging, instinctual, reflexive, uncalculated, unintended, unmeditated, unprompted, will-less |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, voluntary, unforced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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