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

Models and dancers alike scurried about in straw hats, swim caps, equestrian helmets, and colorful visors. —Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 June 2024

Team caps are duck bill: The visor is in white, with red and blue details. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 18 June 2024

Note the hood has an anti-fog covering on the visor (which is flipped up). —John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 May 2024

To the parent who found the time to go out and buy giant, googly eyeballs and hot glue them onto a blue hoodie, and add a yellow visor to be the pigeon's beak: Congratulations! —Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 June 2024

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