Synonyms of blackout

blackout 1 of 2

noun

as in daze

a temporary state of unconsciousness

even though you experienced only a brief blackout, you still ought to be checked by a doctor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• daze
• trance
• faint
• syncope
• stupor
• swim
• knockout
• sleep
• somnolence
• insensibility
• narcosis
• swoon
• drowsiness

black out

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to eradicate

to destroy all traces of

had spent most of her adulthood trying to black out memories of a wretched childhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicate
• erase
• abolish
• wipe out
• blot out
• destroy
• rub out
• sweep (away)
• expunge
• exterminate
• obliterate
• tear down
• cancel
• stamp (out)
• extirpate
• annihilate
• liquidate
• efface
• snuff (out)
• demolish
• root (out)
• shatter
• clean (up)
• mow (down)
• kill off
• ruin
• ravage
• kill
• total
• discard
• dismantle
• decimate
• waste
• wreck
• fragment
• devastate
• consume
• flatten
• powder
• dynamite
• throw out
• blow up
• finish
• splinter
• dash
• dissolve
• smash
• doom
• raze
• excise
• zap
• eject
• atomize
• pulverize
• ditch
• blast
• devour
• expel
• jettison
• terminate
• oust
• cut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• save
• preserve
• form
• shape
• build
• create
• construct
• conserve
• manufacture
• make
• repair
• frame
• forge
• patch
• fashion
• rebuild
• restore
• renew
• fix
• fabricate
• reconstruct
• mend
• renovate
• revamp
• recondition

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• protect
• save
• preserve
• form
• shape
• build
• create
• construct
• conserve
• manufacture
• make
• repair
• frame
• forge
• patch
• fashion
• rebuild
• restore
• renew
• fix
• fabricate
• reconstruct
• mend
• renovate
• revamp
• recondition

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2

as in to darken

to grow dark

with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out, and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darken
• close in
• dusk
• blacken
• fade
• dim
• lower
• wane
• gloom
• lour

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• lighten
• glow
• beam
• brighten
• shine
• dawn
• radiate

• light
• lighten
• glow
• beam
• brighten
• shine
• dawn
• radiate

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3

as in to faint

to lose consciousness

blacked out after hitting her head on the beam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faint
• pass out
• collapse
• keel (over)
• swoon
• break down
• conk (out)
• zonk (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come around
• come round
• revive
• come to

• come around
• come round
• revive
• come to