eyeless

E1Y4E1L1E1S1S1
/ˈaɪ.ləs/

adjective

Having no eyes (organs of sight).

“eyeless needle”

Similar
uneyedsightlessunseeingblindunsighted
Opposite
eyed
OriginMiddle English eyles →
UncommonScrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveeyeless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving no eyes (organs of sight).

    Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

    1 more example

    I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

    Synonyms: uneyed

  2. not comparableHaving no sight; blind.

    Synonyms: sightless

  3. not comparableuncommonespecially suturing needlesHaving no eye: having no hole.

    eyeless needle

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving no eyes (organs of sight).

Similar
uneyed

adjectiveHaving no sight; blind.

Similar
sightless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking eyes or eyelike features

Opposite
eyed

adjectivelacking sight

Similar
sightlessunseeingblindunsighted
Also see
darksightlessuneyedunseeing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englisheyles
  2. Englisheyeless

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

More words from Middle English

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἄοψ, ἀνόφθαλμος
  • ἄοψ (áops)having no eyes
  • ἀνόφθαλμος (anóphthalmos)having no eyes
  • ἀνόμματος (anómmatos)having no eyes
German augenlos
  • augenloshaving no eyes
Greek αόμματος
  • αόμματος (aómmatos)having no eyes
Icelandic augnalaus, sjónlaus
  • augnalaushaving no eyes
  • sjónlaushaving no sight
Polish bezoki
  • bezokihaving no eyes
Russian безгла́зый, слепо́й
  • безгла́зый (bezglázyj)having no eyes
  • слепо́й (slepój)having no sight
  • незря́чий (nezrjáčij)having no sight
Turkish gözsüz, gözsüz
  • gözsüzhaving no eyes
  • gözsüzhaving no sight
  • körhaving no sight
  • körhaving no eye (of a needle)

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with eyeless

stylusSilaspilusstrobilustieless
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

eyeless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeless

MLA

“eyeless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyeless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeless.

Source: eyeless on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.