Meanings
plural myopias
- countableuncountablemedicineA disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
The modern rise in myopia mirrored a trend for children in many countries to spend more time engaged in reading, studying or — more recently — glued to computer and smartphone screens.
2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in NatureSynonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness · Antonyms: hyperopia
- countablefigurativelyuncountableA lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμυωπία“shortsightedness”
- Englishmyopia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 缺乏想像力, 缺乏遠見 /缺乏远见
- 缺乏想像力 (quēfá xiǎngxiànglì)lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
- 缺乏遠見 /缺乏远见 (quēfá yuǎnjiàn)lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
- 短視 /短视 (duǎnshì)lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
- 目光短淺 /目光短浅 (mùguāng duǎnqiǎn)lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Dutch kortzichtigheid
- kortzichtigheidlack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Finnish lyhytnäköisyys
- lyhytnäköisyyslack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
French myope
- myopelack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
German Kurzsichtigkeit
- Kurzsichtigkeitlack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Russian близору́кость
- близору́кость (blizorúkostʹ)lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Slovak krátkozrakosť
- krátkozrakosťlack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Spanish miopía
- miopíalack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Swedish kortsiktighet
- kortsiktighetlack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Vietnamese sự thiển cận
- sự thiển cậnlack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with myopia
Cite this entry
myopia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myopia
“myopia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myopia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myopia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myopia.
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