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blond

blond

47 1.0
A person with light-colored hair
  • noun
  • /blɑnd/
translation icon : rubio
  • They're natural blondes.
  • blondes and brunettes
  • blue-eyed blondes
  • blondes have more fun

Examples

  • Like many Dutchmen, he was flax blond and a bit pink from the newfound sunshine of the tropics.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Their hair varied only in color, from dark blond to dark brown.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I believe you just saved my life!" The blond laughs again.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • How many rich blonds could there be?

  • The blond is great.

  • Jeffries stared at the blond with the first hint of surprise Dave had ever seen him show.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I met a few girls at Oxford who were still in their late teens... blondes were best, and redheads.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The little boy with the blond hair played happily in the park.

  • She admired the blond girl who just won the singing competition.

  • At the beach, I noticed a group of blonds building sandcastles together.

Synonyms

blondie
vsblond
  • Informal
9 4.0

A person with light yellow hair

is neutral in gender and applies to any sex
platinum blond
vsblond
1 3.7

A person with very pale silvery hair often made by bleaching

refers to ordinary light yellowish or golden hair, not the very pale silvery shade
towhead
vsblond
1 8.8

A person, often a child, with very light blond hair

is used for people of any age, not only children
bottle blonde
vsblond
  • Informal
1 6.5

A person whose hair is dyed or bleached to look blonde rather than naturally blonde

covers both natural and artificially colored light hair, not only dyed hair
blond person
vsblond
1 1.0

A person with light yellow or pale gold hair

refers only to light-colored hair without mentioning skin
peroxide blonde
vsblond
1 6.8

A person, often a woman, whose hair is bleached very light blonde

is not restricted to women and applies to any sex
peroxide blond
vsblond
7.5

A person who makes their hair very light by bleaching it with peroxide

refers to light-colored hair regardless of any chemical treatment

Antonyms

20 1.5

A person with dark hair like black or brown

3 2.1

Having dark brown or black hair

Compounds

A person with very pale silvery hair often made by bleaching

1 1.0

A person with light yellow or pale gold hair

A person who makes their hair very light by bleaching it with peroxide

How Light

blond
47 1.0
light-haired
1 2.6
brown-haired
4 1.0
dark-haired
20 1.5

Surface Forms

blond singular
blonds plural

Etymology

Blond for a person with light hair comes from an old French word blond meaning 'fair' or 'yellow'. It first described hair and then came to mean 'a person with light hair', so calling someone 'a blond' points to that pale, yellowish hair.