Visor

Quick meaning: Visor is a noun meaning A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

Meaning

A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

More Meanings

1. A mask for the face.
2. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
3. A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
4. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a visor.

Example Sentences

No visor does become black villainy So well as soft and tender flattery.

A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.

Word Forms

• visors
• visar
• visier
• visiere
• visour
• visoring
• visored

Synonyms for visor

Depending on context, synonyms include peak, vizor, bill, eyeshade.

Antonyms for visor

Common opposites include unvisor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vizor, bill, eyeshade, peak, shield, helmet.

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