Standard Lemma guide

blonde

adj · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /blɒnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /blɑnd/
  • rhymes with -ɒnd
  • CMU ARPABET: B L AA1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of blond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, especially

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Stupid, ignorant, naive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, offensive

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of blond (“person with fair hair”). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of blond (“color”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of blond (“type of beer”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

(film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

verb

Meaning 7

Alternative form of blond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, especially

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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8

adjective

Meaning 8

being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blond Scandinavians
  • a house full of light-haired children

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blond, light-haired

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a light grayish yellow to near white

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blond

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

10

noun

Meaning 10

a person with fair skin and hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blond

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: peroxide blond, peroxide blonde, platinum blond, platinum blonde, towhead

History

Etymology

From Middle French blonde f. See blond.

Real reading context

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