'Monocle' definitions:
Definition of 'monocle'
From: WordNet
noun
Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles [syn: monocle, eyeglass]
Definition of 'Monocle'
From: GCIDE
- Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See Monocular.] An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'monocle'
From: GCIDE
- Eyeglass \Eye"glass`\, n.
- 1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision; -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single eyeglass in a frame is called a monocle. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The retina. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- 4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'monocle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bifocals,
- blinkers,
- cheaters,
- colored glasses,
- contact lens,
- dark glasses,
- divided spectacles,
- eyeglass,
- eyeglasses,
- glasses,
- goggles,
- granny glasses,
- harlequin glasses,
- horn-rimmed glasses,
- lorgnette,
- lorgnon,
- mini-specs,
- nippers,
- pair of glasses,
- peepers,
- Polaroid glasses,
- quizzing glass,
- readers,
- reading glasses,
- shades,
- specs,
- spectacles,
- sun-specs,
- sunglasses,
- trifocals