opticiannoun [ C ]
uk/ɒpˈtɪʃ.ən/us/ɑːpˈtɪʃ.ən/UKUK also ophthalmic optician, US optometrist someone whose job is examining people's eyes and selling glasses or contact lenses to correct sight problems
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ophthalmologist
US UK dispensing optician a person whose job is fitting and selling glasses and contact lenses to correct sight problems, but who does not examine people's eyes
Examples
- You really ought to see an optician.
- Her youngest daughter is an optician.
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
- cataract
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- optometrist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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