visor

noun

ˈvī-zər How to pronounce visor (audio)
variants also vizor
Definition of visornext
as in brim
the projecting front part of a hat or cap the visor on your baseball cap should provide adequate shade for your eyes

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Recent Examples of visor The visor is also specifically positioned for maximizing airflow without compromising protection, and the liner is removable for washing and odor management. — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025 To keep the sun’s hot rays out of your eyes, reach for their chic solar visor. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025 Later, Rob saunters to his convertible in something like a white sweatshirt that, to our surprise, comes outfitted with a visor. — Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025 Sporting protective gear and a visor like his mother, the Duke of Sussex visited a Halo Trust mine site in Angola in September 2019. — Stephanie Petit, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for visor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visor
  1. brim
  2. shade
  3. bill
  4. peak
Noun
  • My favorites tend to possess a large brim that falls in gentle folds around my face, covering my now shorter and remorselessly thinning hair and quite sensitively shadowing the varied assaults of time on my complexion.
    — Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The idea of a hat is so simple — a head covering, usually with identifiable traits like a brim and a crown— yet its borders become slippery in the hands of one Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
    — Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of brim
Noun
  • Her love of the shade doesn't just date back to Wicked's release, though.
    — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Hope: Ultimately, the protests suggest the possibility that, eventually, an overwhelming majority of Palestinians will never again allow themselves to be ruled by revanchist tyrants of any shade.
    — Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of shade
Noun
  • In order to approve legislation using the reconciliation maneuver, lawmakers must first approve a budget resolution and direct committees to craft bills reconciling spending with the new budget goals.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The Missouri House passed a new version of SAPA, 100-51, last week and the state Senate is also considering a similar bill.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of bill
Noun
  • Famous specialized in Jewish meals, at its peak serving a million kreplach and three million knishes a year.
    — Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • April 22: Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak The Lyrid meteor shower runs from mid to late April, with the peak of activity in the pre-dawn hours of April 22.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of peak

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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