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synonyms for rims

  • bifocals
  • blinkers
  • cheaters
  • eyeglasses
  • frames
  • goggles
  • lorgnette
  • pince-nez
  • shades
  • specs
  • spectacles
  • contact lenses
  • four eyes
  • trifocals
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rims, such as: bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, eyeglasses, frames, and goggles.
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How to use rims in a sentence

The grey eyes that looked over those gold rims were remarkable.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONS
A new set of rims for the fly wheels was made by constructing them of an aluminum casting, the section of the rim being U-shaped.
LANGLEY MEMOIR ON MECHANICAL FLIGHT, PARTS I AND IIS. P. (SAMUEL PIERPONT) LANGLEY AND CHARLES M. (CHARLES MATTHEWS) MANLY
The l sounds, the narrowing for which is between the side rim or rims of the tongue and the side teeth (lateral formation).
THE SOUNDS OF SPOKEN ENGLISHWALTER RIPPMANN
The plants being re-potted, plunge them in the bark-bed again, quite down to the rims of the pots, keeping them perfectly level.
THE DIFFERENT MODES OF CULTIVATING THE PINE-APPLEJOHN CLAUDIUS LOUDON
The distant rims of the world and of the firmament seemed to be a division in time no less than a division in matter.
RETURN OF THE NATIVETHOMAS HARDY
There is no cover of any kind upon the slope except the rims of the shell-holes, which make rings of mud among the grass.
THE OLD FRONT LINEJOHN MASEFIELD
The basins and their rims are formed of minerals—mostly of silica—deposited by the water.
YOUR NATIONAL PARKSENOS A. MILLS
But, whatever its length, it should include a broad forest border all the way, on both rims of the cañon.
YOUR NATIONAL PARKSENOS A. MILLS
They were huge and prominent, a deep sea-blue set in pale crystal rims and black circles.
TALES OF FISHESZANE GREY
The leading wheels struck the points with violence, and Jim, watching eagerly, saw the rims mount up over the crossway.
THE HERO OF PANAMAF. S. BRERETON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO RIMS

  • bifocals
  • blinkers
  • cheaters
  • contact lenses
  • eyeglasses
  • four eyes
  • frames
  • goggles
  • lorgnettes
  • pince-nezes
  • rims
  • shades
  • specs
  • spectacles
  • trifocals
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.