visor

noun

vi·​sor ˈvī-zər 

variants or less commonly vizor

1

: the front piece of a helmet

especially : a movable upper piece

2

a

: a projecting front on a cap or headband for shading the eyes

b

: a usually movable flat sunshade attached at the top of an automobile windshield

3

a

: a face mask

b

: disguise

visored

ˈvī-zərd 

adjective

visorless

ˈvī-zər-ləs 

adjective

Illustration of visor

• V visor 1

Synonyms

• bill
• brim
• peak

Examples of visor in a Sentence

the visor on your baseball cap should provide adequate shade for your eyes

Recent Examples on the Web

The new flagship is one of the boldest-looking Ferrari’s yet thanks to a low-slung design that incorporates a Daytona SP3-esque headlight visor, F40-style wheel arches, and a set of butterfly doors. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025

Fresh new visors feature a coating that should improve astronauts’ visibility, even in scenarios where lunar dust kicks up. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024

Following their walks through the moon dust, Apollo astronauts found regolith obscuring their helmet visors, grinding inside joints of their spacesuits, tracking inside their spacecraft and compromising vacuum seals. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025

This was the Bears’ first road win of the season and their first Sunday afternoon road win since Dec. 26, 2022, when Matt Nagy was still rocking a Bears visor. —Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English viser, from Anglo-French, from vis face — more at visage

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

visor

noun

vi·​sor

variants also vizor

ˈvī-zər

1

: a movable front upper piece on a helmet

2

: a projecting part (as on a cap or headband) to protect or shade the eyes

visored

-zərd 

adjective