as blind as a bat
Seeing absolutely nothing
Describing someone who sees very poorly or nothing at all: Without my glasses, I'm as blind as a bat.
The phrase is ironic—bats navigate expertly using echolocation, though their eyesight is genuinely weak.
Often shortened to blind as a bat.
Unable to perceive visually
- visionlessLacking the ability to see
- unseeingLacking visual perception
- myopicUnable to see far
- nearsightedPoor distance vision
squinting · groping · fumbling · stumbling · disoriented · blurry · unfocused · dim-sighted
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unobservantNot paying attention
- inattentiveNot paying attention
undiscerning · unperceptive · ignorant · heedless · unmindful · neglectful · incognizant · unenlightened
sightless
Unable to perceive visually
- visionlessLacking the ability to see
- unseeingLacking visual perception
- myopicUnable to see far
nearsighted · squinting · groping · fumbling · stumbling · disoriented · blurry · unfocused · dim-sighted · purblind
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unobservantNot paying attention
inattentive · undiscerning · unperceptive · ignorant · heedless · unmindful · neglectful · incognizant · unenlightened · uninformed
bat
Flying mammal or sports club
- echolocationNavigation through reflected sound
- darknessTotal absence of light
- nightDark hours daily
cave · sonar · wings · roosting · twilight · dusk · nocturnal · crepuscular · hanging · guano
as blind as a bateagle-eyed
Exceptionally sharp of vision
hawk-eyed · lynx-eyed · sharp-eyed · 20/20 vision · clear-sighted
blind, blindness, blinds, blinding, blinded, blindly, blindfold, batlike