rearview mirror

Behind-you reflector

A rearview mirror is a mirror mounted in a vehicle—typically attached to the windshield or dashboard—allowing the driver to see what's behind without turning around.

Figuratively, looking in the rearview mirror means reflecting on the past: That failure is in the rearview mirror now.

driving

dashboard

Vehicle control panel

car · steering · gearshift · taillights · headlights · interior · headrest · seatbelt · adjustment · glare

past

hindsight

Recognition after the fact

bygone · reflection · regret · what-ifs · receding · fading · distance · perspective

reflection

glass

Transparent solid from sand

  • glareFierce stare or brightness
  • shineEmit or reflect light
  • gleamFaint reflected light

image · reversal · adjustment · convex · curved · flat · tinted · electrochromic · prismatic · anti-glare

safety

collision

Forceful contact between objects

headrest · pedestrian · crosswalk · visibility · awareness

visibility

blindspot

Zone beyond perception

unobstructed · vantage · panoramic · wide-angle · convex · obstruction

Categories
Opposites
directional orientation

rearview mirrorwindshield

Vehicle's front glass

heads-up display · dashboard camera · front view · headlights · hood ornament

temporal metaphor

rearview mirrorcrystal ball

Fortune-teller's viewing sphere

foresight · looking ahead · anticipation · forward-looking · future planning

Family

view, mirror, rear, mirrors, rearing, reared, rearmost, rears, rearguard

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G