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blond

adjective · noun · verb

Simple meaning

Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈblɑnd

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

  2. of a person

    Having blond hair.

  3. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

  4. Stupid, ignorant, naive.

noun

  1. A person with fair skin and hair

  2. countable

    A person with this hair color.

  3. A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

  4. countable

    A beer of a pale golden color.

verb

  1. transitive

    To color or dye blond.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

Used this way, blond is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Nearby words

  • towheaded , rarer, so it draws attention

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  • “Blond Scandinavians.”adjective

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Fair / hair

blond hairblond wigblond beard

Other combinations

blond womanblond headblond girlblond boyblond wood

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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?

Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.

  • fair

    Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.

  • fairish

    Somewhat fair or light-colored.

  • redheaded

    Having red hair.

Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • peroxide blondnounCompound term

    A blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide.

  • platinum blondnounCompound term

    A blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • peroxide blondenounRelated term

    A blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide.

  • platinum blondenounRelated term

    A blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond.

Related Words

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More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

adjective

Sense: being

fairtowheadedRareredheaded

noun

Sense: person with fair skin and hair

blonde

Antonyms

Sense: being

brunette

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