nearsighted
adjective
mainlyUS(alsonear-sighted)uk/ˌnɪəˈsaɪ.tɪd/us/ˌnɪrˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd/(UKusuallyshort-sighted)B2
A nearsightedpersoncan onlyclearlyseeobjectsthat arecloseto them:
Nearlyhalfthepopulationis nearsighted to somedegree.
Children with thisconditioncan often be near-sighted and needglassestohelpwiththeirdistancevision.
Synonym
myopic
- Nearsightedpeoplewho don'twanttowearglassesorcontactlensesmaychoosetocorrecttheirmyopiawithlasersurgery.
- Extremely nearsighted, herefusedtowearglasseson thefield, whichlefthimbarelyabletoseetheaction.
- Heneedsadriverbecause he's so near-sighted that he doesn't have alicense.
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- accommodative
- afterimage
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- astigmatic
- bespectacled
- bifocals
- boss-eyed
- dark glasses
- goggles
- macular degeneration
- monocular
- multifocal
- naked
- nearsightedly
- ophthalmology
- pince-nez
- snow blindness
- sty
- sunnies