Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Dimsightedness (Imperfect vision)

Nouns
  • dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight
  • dimsightedness etc.
  • purblindness, lippitude
  • myopia, presbyopia
  • confusion of vision
  • astigmatism
  • color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis, Daltonism
  • nyctalopia
  • strabismus, strabism, squint
  • blearedness, day blindness, hemeralopia, nystagmus
  • xanthocyanopia, xanthopsia [Med.]
  • cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes
  • obliquity of vision. winking etc. v.
  • nictitation
  • blinkard, albino. dizziness, swimming, scotomy
  • cataract
  • ophthalmia. [Limitation of vision] blinker
  • screen etc. (hider) Ambush [Means of concealment].. [Fallacies of vision] deceptio visus [Lat.]
  • refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma
  • phantasm, phantasma, phantom
  • vision
  • specter, apparition, ghost
  • specter of the Brocken
  • magic mirror
  • magic lantern etc. (show) Appearance
  • mirror lens etc. (instrument) Optical Instruments.
Verbs
  • be dimsighted etc. n.
  • see double
  • have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes
  • see through a prism, see through a glass darkly
  • wink, blink, nictitate
  • squint
  • look askant, askant askance
  • screw up the eyes, glare, glower
  • nictate. dazzle, loom.
Adjectives
  • dim-sighted etc. n.
  • myopic, presbyopic
  • astigmatic, moon-eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed
  • blind of one eye, monoculous
  • half-blind, purblind
  • cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole-eyed
  • dichroic. blind as a bat etc. (blind) Blindness
  • winking etc. v..