blond

¹blond

adj \ˈbländ\

Definition of BLOND

1

: of a flaxen, golden, light auburn, or pale yellowish-brown color <blond hair>; also : having blond hair <a blond man> —spelled blond when used of a boy or man and often blonde when used of a girl or woman

2

a : of a light color b : of the color blond c : made light-colored by bleaching <blond wood table>

— blond·ish \ˈblän-dish\ adjective

Variants of BLOND

blond or blonde \ˈbländ\

Examples of BLOND

1. She has blonde highlights in her hair.
2. His hair was dyed blond.
3. She was blonde as a child.
4. a table made of blond wood

Origin of BLOND

Anglo-French blunt, blound, masculine, blounde, feminine

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to BLOND

Synonyms: fair, flaxen, golden, sandy, straw, tawny

Related Words: ocherous (or ochreous); ash-blond (or ash-blonde), blondish, strawberry blonde (or strawberry blond), towheaded; gold, light, white

Near Antonyms: black-a-vised, brown, brunet (or brunette), dark, olive, swart, swarthy; black, ebony, raven

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Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

Rhymes with BLOND

bond, fond, frond, Gond, pond, rand, sonde, wand, yond