variants also vizor
as in brim
the projecting front part of a hat or cap the visor on your baseball cap should provide adequate shade for your eyes

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Recent Examples of visor For the match, the seven-time Grand Slam champion wore a coordinated tennis dress and visor by Pucci’s artistic director Camille Miceli. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025 Walking onto the grounds of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Williams wore a white ERL polo featuring the brand’s signature script logo patch, paired with a matching pleated tennis skirt and a distressed visor — classic tennis wear. Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 The spacesuit also features flexible gloves, a panoramic glare-proof helmet visor, and joints adapted for low-gravity environments. Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action. Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for visor
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Noun
  • The pillbox and sculpted brim styles — especially as seen at Dior — bring such a sense of presence and poise to any ensemble.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Keaton opted for a cream pantsuit with white boots, a white turtleneck and her signature wide-brim hat.
    Jamie Ballard, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Director Liza Mandelup’s documentary Caterpillar explores the dangerous extremes some people are willing to go to in the quest to – as the Crystal Gayle song put it – make their brown eyes blue (or green or some other shade).
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Collaborating on their first feature after working on high-profile Gallic animation projects like The Little Prince, The Illusionist and I Lost My Body, Vallade and Han favor an explosive color palette without any lines separating one shade from another.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For those eager to travel further afield this Halloween season, a jaunt to the Transylvanian Alps should fit the bill.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • A lot of people think things aren't working, that the economy is rigged against them, and that hard work no longer pays the bills.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The forecast map predicts the Upper Peninsula has mostly reached past peak fall colors, with peak colors in areas of the Lower Peninsula.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This year's Orionids shower is due to peak when there is a new moon, providing darker skies and ideal conditions for meteor spotting.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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