Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blimp

2 senses of blimp

Sense 1
Colonel Blimp, Blimp -- (any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low))
       => reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-winger -- (an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism)

Sense 2
blimp, sausage balloon, sausage -- (a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon)
       => airship, dirigible -- (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)