Meanings
nounoptician (plural opticians)
plural opticians
- A person who makes, dispenses or sells lenses and spectacles (glasses).
- UKA person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.
Near-synonym: oculist (sometimes overlaps)
Synonyms: optometrist, oculist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nouna worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
Similar
lens maker
Broader
skilled workertrained worker
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchopticien
- Frenchopticien
- Englishoptician
Borrowed from French opticien.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan òptic, òptica
- òptica person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- òpticaa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Chinese Mandarin 眼鏡商 /眼镜商, 配鏡師 /配镜师
- 眼鏡商 /眼镜商 (yǎnjìngshāng)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- 配鏡師 /配镜师 (pèijìngshī)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- 配鏡人員 /配镜人员a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Czech optik
- optika person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Danish optiker
- optikera person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Dutch opticien
- opticiena person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Esperanto optikisto
- optikistoa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Estonian optik
- optika person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Finnish optikko
- optikkoa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
French opticien
- opticiena person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
German Optiker, Optikerin
- Optikera person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- Optikerina person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Greek οπτικός
- οπτικός (optikós)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Hungarian látszerész, optikus
- látszerésza person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- optikusa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Icelandic sjóntækjafræðingur, gleraugnabúð
- sjóntækjafræðingura person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- gleraugnabúða person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Irish radharceolaí
- radharceolaía person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Japanese 眼鏡屋
- 眼鏡屋 (meganeya)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Norwegian Bokmål optiker
- optikera person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Polish optyk
- optyka person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Portuguese oculista
- oculistaa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Romanian optician, opticiană
- opticiana person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- opticianăa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Russian о́птик, окули́ст
- о́птик (óptik)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- окули́ст (okulíst)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- окули́стка (okulístka)a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Spanish óptico, óptica
- ópticoa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- ópticaa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Swedish optiker
- optikera person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Turkish gözlükçü, optisyen
- gözlükçüa person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- optisyena person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Welsh optegwr, optegydd
- optegwra person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
- optegydda person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with optician
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
optician. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optician
MLA
“optician.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optician. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optician,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optician.
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