contact lensnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒn.tækt ˌlenz/us/ˈkɑːn.tækt ˌlenz/also contactC2 a small round curved piece of transparent plastic, worn on the surface of the eye to improve your sight:
I usually wear contact lenses, but I sometimes wear glasses when my eyes are tired.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optic
- optometrist
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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