Meanings
- uncountableA very attractive person or persons, or the salient visible physical attributes thereof.
I'm going to the beach to check out some eye candy.
2 more examples
But despite his claims that NBC would become “the class act,” not all of [Fred] Silverman's changes seemed aimed in direction of excellence. Unfortunately his rationale for eschewing exploitative “eye candy” seemed to apply to more serious sex-related ventures as well.
1980, Geoffrey Cowan, See No Evil, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 309In 1986, Schubach hired a petite 23-year-old named Patricia Schmidt to be his assistant. She told us that her main job was to be “eye candy,” but her other duties included answering the phones. That put her in regular contact with Epstein.
2025 December 16, “Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: beaut, beauty, bobby-dazzler, crumpet, dish, vision, dreamboat, good looker · Antonyms: biffer, boner-shrinker, bonerkiller, buttface, choad, frump, minger, monkey
- broadlyuncountableAny object or sight with considerable visual appeal.
DirectX 10 promises an almost obscene step up in the level of eye candy you can expect from an A-list game, which is the great news. The bad news is, you'll need a new videocard to get those gorgeous graphics.
2007, Maximum PC, number Winter, page 3Synonyms: feast for the eyes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very attractive person or persons, or the salient visible physical attributes thereof.
nounAny object or sight with considerable visual appeal.
Origin
From eye + candy. Early-1980’s US TV and advertising jargon, perhaps influenced by earlier nose candy (“cocaine”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans oogpoeding
- oogpoedingattractive person
Chinese Mandarin 養眼 /养眼, 秀色可餐
- 養眼 /养眼 (yǎngyǎn)attractive person
- 秀色可餐 (xiùsèkěcān)attractive person
Finnish silmänruoka
- silmänruokaattractive person
German Blickfang, Hingucker
- Blickfangattractive person
- Hinguckerattractive person
- Augenweideattractive person
- Augenschmeichlerattractive person
Hebrew תַּאֲוָה לָעֵינַיִם
- תַּאֲוָה לָעֵינַיִם (taavá la'eináyim)attractive person
Icelandic augnakonfekt
- augnakonfektattractive person
Norwegian Bokmål lekkerbisken
- lekkerbiskenattractive person
Persian چشمنواز
- چشمنواز (čašm-navâz)attractive person
Polish ciacho, lala
- ciachoattractive person
- lalaattractive person
Portuguese colírio para os olhos
- colírio para os olhosattractive person
Spanish guaperas
- guaperasattractive person
Swedish ögongodis
- ögongodisattractive person
Thai อาหารตา
- อาหารตา (aa-hǎan-dtaa)attractive person
Cite this entry
eye candy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20candy
“eye candy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20candy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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