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Synonyms for black-out

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

power cut outage amnesia

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Syncope — A temporary loss of consciousness

syncope, faint, blankout rare

2. Outage — A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers

outage, power cut, power failure

Other

amnesia, swoon, dimout rare, blackwash rare

Verb

1. Pass out

pass out, brown out, zonk out slang

Other

darken

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A temporary loss of consciousness.

  2. n. 2

    A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.

  3. v. 1

    To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.

Related words

Other spellings
black out blackout

Forms

Plural
black-outs → syncopes, faints, blankouts, outages…

Example sentences

  • outage What is to blame for the power outage in Britain?
  • amnesia Amnesia is the partial or complete loss of memory.

By length

5 letters
faint1, swoon1
6 letters
outage2, darken2, dimout
7 letters
amnesia3, syncope3
8 letters
blankout
9 letters
blackwash

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (outage2 = 2 syllables).

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