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Synonyms for blinder

  • noun

Most common

winker cracker belter hood bender

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Blinker — something that blinds, literally or figuratively. A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while…

blinker, winker

2. Belter — something that blinds, literally or figuratively. An exceptional performance

belter, cracker, dazzler

Other

bender, hood

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.

  2. n. 2

    Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. An exceptional performance.

    He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.

Forms

Plural
blinders → blinkers, winkers, belters, crackers…

Example sentences

  • cracker The cracker contains only a gram of fat.
  • hood Do you prefer buying clothes with or without a hood?
  • bender Tom is known to go on a bender every so often.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blinderrising
winkersteady
crackerrising
beltersteady
hoodrising
benderrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hood1
6 letters
bender2, belter2, winker2
7 letters
cracker2, blinker, dazzler

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bender2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
œillère
Italiano
paraocchi
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