blond

adjective

ˈbländ 

variants or blonde

1

: of a flaxen, golden, light auburn, or pale yellowish-brown color

blond hair

also : having blond hair

a blond man

2

a

: of a light color

b

: of the color blond

c

: made light-colored by bleaching

blond wood table

blondish

ˈblän-dish 

adjective

Usage of Blond and Blonde

Blond and blonde are two spellings of the same word. If you want to follow the traditional spelling convention when referring to hair, use blonde for girls and women, and blond for boys and men.

Synonyms of blond

• tawny
• golden
• sandy
• white

Examples of blond in a Sentence

She has blonde highlights in her hair.

His hair was dyed blond.

She was blonde as a child.

a table made of blond wood

Recent Examples on the Web

Lots of blond wood and large flagstones. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

Weston is described as standing 6 feet 1 inch tall with long blond hair and blue eyes. —Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

Girl is always camera-ready with her cute blond bob, sunny yellow dress and matching shoes, holding a blue box of Morton salt in one hand and umbrella in the other for those rainy days. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026

Actor Sam Reid is laced into a pair of skintight black pants, his shoulder-length blond hair braided into Britney-style pigtails and his face and torso covered in iridescent glitter. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing blond

• ash-blond
• bottle blond
• strawberry blond

Rhymes for blond

• awned
• blonde
• bond
• conned
• dawned
• donned
• fond
• frond
• gond
• maund
• pawned
• pond

Kids Definition

blond

1 of 2 adjective

variants or blonde

ˈbländ 

: of a pale yellowish brown color

blond hair

also : having blond hair

a blond actor

—spelled blond when used of a boy or man and often blonde when used of a girl or woman

blondish

ˈblän-dish 

adjective

blond

2 of 2 noun

variants or blonde

1

: a blond person

—spelled blond when used of a boy or man and usually blonde when used of a girl or woman

2

: a light yellowish brown to dark grayish yellow