Definition of blinds

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • blinds is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • blinds is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • blinds is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of blinds


  • something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity (noun)

    Examples

    1. the holding company was just a blind

    Synonyms

    1. subterfuge
  • make dim by comparison or conceal (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dim
  • unable to see (adjective)

    Examples

    1. 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

    Synonyms

    1. unsighted
  • not based on reason or evidence (adjective)

    Examples

    1. blind hatred
    2. blind faith

    Synonyms

    1. unreasoning
  • a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight (noun)

    Examples

    1. they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet

    Synonyms

    1. screen
  • a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) (noun)

    Examples

    1. he waited impatiently in the blind
  • make blind by putting the eyes out (verb)

    Examples

    1. The criminals were punished and blinded
  • people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group (noun)

    Examples

    1. he spent hours reading to the blind
  • render unable to see (verb)
  • unable or unwilling to perceive or understand (adjective)

    Examples

    1. blind to a lover's faults
    2. blind to the consequences of their actions

See definition of blinds in Merriam Webster