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The synonyms of “Blind” are: unsighted, unreasoning, sightless, unseeing, stone blind, eyeless, imperceptive, unperceptive, slow, obtuse, stupid, uncomprehending, unimaginative, insensitive, thick-skinned, bovine, stolid, unintelligent, unmindful of, careless of, heedless of, oblivious to, insensible to, unconcerned about, unconcerned by, inattentive to, indifferent to, uncritical, unreasoned, unthinking, unconsidered, mindless, injudicious, undiscerning, indiscriminate, impetuous, impulsive, rash, hasty, reckless, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, uninhibited, unrestrained, immoderate, intemperate, wild, unruly, irrational, frantic, violent, furious, unbridled, uncurbed, unchecked, unrepressed, blocked, closed, barred, impassable, dim, make blind, deprive of sight, deprive of vision, render unsighted, render sightless, put someone's eyes out, gouge someone's eyes out, stop someone seeing, obscure someone's vision, block someone's vision, get in someone's line of vision, dazzle, deprive of understanding, deprive of perception, deprive of judgement, deprive of reason, deprive of sense, overawe, awe, intimidate, daunt, deter, cow, abash, subterfuge, screen, shade, louvre, awning, canopy, sunshade, curtain, shutter, cover, covering, protection, deception, camouflage, smokescreen, front, facade, disguise, cloak, pretext, masquerade, mask, feint, drinking bout, debauch
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “blind” as a noun can have the following definitions:
awning | A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun. |
camouflage | Clothing or materials used as camouflage. Figures dressed in army camouflage. |
canopy | An ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, especially a throne or bed. A romantic four poster bed complete with drapes and a canopy. |
cloak | A cloakroom. Preparations had taken place under a cloak of secrecy. |
cover | The protective covering on the front back and spine of a book. The restaurant was run as a cover for a money laundering operation. |
covering | The act of protecting something by covering it. Under a covering of dust. |
curtain | A raising or lowering of the curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene. Through the curtain of falling snow she could just make out gravestones. |
debauch | A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. His life had been spent in debauch. |
deception | A thing that deceives. A range of elaborate deceptions. |
disguise | The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance. The children looked at her without disguise. |
drinking bout | The act of consuming liquids. |
facade | A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant. The house has a half timbered facade. |
feint | Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack. A brief feint at the opponent s face. |
front | The part of a garment covering a person s front. He put up a bold front. |
louvre | An art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris. Murky light filters through the vertical louvres of the window blinds. |
mask | A masked person. I let my mask of respectability slip. |
masquerade | A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. I doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long. |
pretext | An artful or simulated semblance. The rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move. |
protection | Protection money paid to criminals especially on a regular basis. He enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home. |
screen | A windscreen of a motor vehicle. A giant video screen. |
shade | A lampshade. As the sun moved he readjusted the shade. |
shutter | A device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera. He threw open the shutters to let in air and light. |
smokescreen | Screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements. Troops laid down a smokescreen to cover the rescue of the victims. |
subterfuge | Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal. He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions. |
sunshade | A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “blind” as a verb can have the following definitions:
abash | Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. If anything was officially done or said to him it did not abash him. |
awe | Inspire with awe. The famous professor awed the undergraduates. |
block someone's vision | Shape into a block or blocks. |
cow | Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats. |
daunt | Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive. Some people are daunted by technology. |
dazzle | To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light. She was dazzled by the headlights. |
deprive of judgement | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. |
deprive of perception | Take away. |
deprive of reason | Take away possessions from someone. |
deprive of sense | Take away. |
deprive of sight | Take away possessions from someone. |
deprive of understanding | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. |
deprive of vision | Take away possessions from someone. |
deter | Turn away from by persuasion. Strategists think not only about how to deter war but about how war might occur. |
dim | Make dim or lusterless. Time had dimmed the silver. |
get in someone's line of vision | Perceive by hearing. |
gouge someone's eyes out | Force with the thumb. |
intimidate | Make timid or fearful. The forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population. |
make blind | Create by artistic means. |
obscure someone's vision | Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred. |
overawe | Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats. The eleven year old was overawed by the atmosphere. |
put someone's eyes out | Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. |
render sightless | Give something useful or necessary to. |
render unsighted | Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities. |
stop someone seeing | Stop from happening or developing. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “blind” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
barred | Closed or secured with a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material. A barred gate. |
blocked | Closed to traffic. The storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges. |
bovine | Relating to or affecting cattle. Showed a bovine apathy. |
careless of | Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful. |
closed | With shutters closed. He sat with his eyes closed. |
eyeless | Lacking eyes or eyelike features. Blind as an eyeless beggar. |
frantic | Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. Something frantic in their gaiety. |
furious | Marked by extreme anger. A furious battle. |
hasty | Done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes. Don t be too hasty in criticizing a colleague. |
heedless of | Characterized by careless unconcern- Edith Wharton. |
immoderate | Beyond reasonable limits. Immoderate spending. |
impassable | Impossible to travel along or over. The narrow channels are impassable to ocean going ships. |
imperceptive | Lacking in perception or insight. He dismissed the remark as juvenile and imperceptive. |
impetuous | Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. An impetuous display of spending and gambling. |
impulsive | Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. An impulsive force. |
inattentive to | Not showing due care or attention. |
indifferent to | Unwilling or refusing to pay heed. |
indiscriminate | Failing to make or recognize distinctions. An indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles. |
injudicious | Showing very poor judgement; unwise. I took a few injudicious swigs of potent cider. |
insensible to | Barely able to be perceived. |
insensitive | Not responsive to physical stimuli. Both were in many ways insensitive to painting. |
intemperate | Excessive in behavior. Intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies. |
irrational | Of a number quantity or expression not expressible as a ratio of two integers and having an infinite and non recurring expansion when expressed as a decimal Examples of irrational numbers are the number and the square root of 2. Irrational fears. |
mindless | Devoid of intelligence or thought. Mindless violence. |
oblivious to | Lacking conscious awareness of. |
obtuse | (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex. An obtuse angle of 150. |
rash | Imprudently incurring risk. It would be extremely rash to make such an assumption. |
reckless | Heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions; rash or impetuous. Reckless squandering of public funds. |
sightless | Lacking sight. Blank sightless eyes. |
slow | Slow to learn or understand lacking intellectual acuity. He s so slow so unimaginative. |
stolid | Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited. Her face showed nothing but stolid indifference. |
stone blind | Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors. |
thick-skinned | Insensitive to criticism. |
unbridled | Uncontrolled; unconstrained. Unbridled lust. |
unchecked | (especially of something undesirable) not controlled or restrained. The broadcast was sloppy it was unchecked there was no investigation of the facts. |
uncomprehending | Showing or having an inability to comprehend something. An uncomprehending silence. |
unconcerned about | Easy in mind; not worried. |
unconcerned by | Easy in mind; not worried. |
unconsidered | (of a statement or action) not thought about in advance, and therefore rash or harsh. I realize that my unconsidered remarks were dangerously indiscreet. |
uncontrollable | Difficult to solve or alleviate. Uncontrollable pain. |
uncontrolled | Not being under control; out of control. Some uncontrolled children rather marred the proceedings. |
uncritical | Not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors. Uncritical reasoning. |
uncurbed | Not restrained or controlled. Their activities continue to be largely uncurbed. |
undiscerning | Lacking discernment. An undiscerning audience. |
unimaginative | Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality. The audience proved sluggish and unimaginative. |
uninhibited | Expressing one’s feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint. A naturally uninhibited sexuality. |
unintelligent | Lacking intelligence. A dull job with lazy and unintelligent co workers. |
unmindful of | Lacking conscious awareness of. |
unperceptive | Not perceptive. As unperceptive as a boulder. |
unreasoned | Not based on good sense or logic. An unreasoned reaction to the idea. |
unreasoning | Not guided by or based on good sense; illogical. Unreasoning panic. |
unrepressed | Not repressed or inhibited. Unrepressed hostilities. |
unrestrained | Not subject to restraint. A display of unrestrained delight. |
unruly | Incapable of being controlled. The little boy s parents think he is spirited but his teacher finds him unruly. |
unseeing | With one’s eyes open but without noticing or seeing anything. Blank unseeing eyes. |
unsighted | Not seen. A distant unsighted object. |
unthinking | Mentally sluggish. She was at pains to correct unthinking prejudices. |
violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. Violent fiery colours. |
wild | Produced from wild animals or plants without cultivation. I m not wild about the music. |
anonymous | (of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name. Brown anonymous houses. |
chauvinism | Activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women. There is very little national chauvinism in the country today. |
chauvinist | Displaying excessive or prejudiced support for one’s own cause or group, in particular showing male prejudice against women. We don t want to lay ourselves open to charges that we re chauvinists. |
crippled | (of a person) unable to walk or move normally; disabled. A crippled soldier. |
crutch | Anything that serves as an expedient. The water was up to my crutch. |
deaf | Make or render deaf. Deaf children. |
disabled | Having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness. Facilities for disabled people. |
halting | Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain. She speaks halting English with a heavy accent. |
handicap | A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. Her lack of formal training handicapped her. |
handicapped | People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped. His third child was born severely handicapped. |
jingo | A vociferous supporter of policy favouring war, especially in the name of patriotism. The feverish excitement of the jingo crowds. |
jingoism | Fanatical patriotism. The popular jingoism that swept the lower middle classes. |
jingoist | An extreme bellicose nationalist. |
lame | Make a person or animal lame. I found the programme pretty lame and not very informative. |
nationalism | Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high. |
patriotic | Having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country. Today s game will be played before a fiercely patriotic crowd. |
patriotism | Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. They rode the same wave of popular patriotism. |
sight | Catch sight of to perceive with the eyes. He had to sight along the planks in the proper order to get the line right. |
sightless | Invisible. Blank sightless eyes. |
unable | (usually followed by `to’) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how. Unable to obtain funds. |
unaware | (often followed by `of’) not aware. Seemed unaware of the scrutiny. |
undetected | Not perceived or discerned. The thieves escaped undetected. |
undiagnosed | Eluding diagnosis. Some patients have diseases that go undiagnosed and therefore untreated. |
undiscovered | Not discovered. Undiscovered islands. |
unfamiliar | Not having knowledge or experience of. His voice was unfamiliar to her. |
unidentified | Not recognized or identified. An unidentified species. |
unknown | That which is unknown. They came like angels out the unknown. |
unnamed | Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. An unnamed donor. |
wheelchair | A movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant. |
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