Thesaurus:eye

Thesaurus

eye

English

Noun

Sense: eye; organ of vision

Synonyms

• eye
• eyeball
• glim
• globe
• lurk (dated, slang)
• mince pie (Cockney rhyming slang)
• ogle (dated, slang)
• optic
• orb
• peeper (slang)
• silm

Hyponyms

• ocellus
• oculus

Hypernyms

• body part
• organ    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• cone
• retina
• cornea
• iris
• lens
• pupil
• sclera
• rod
• eyeball

Holonyms

• countenance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• face
• head    [⇒ thesaurus]
• body    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• facial expression    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mien

Various

• eyne (obsolete)
• neen (“eyes”) (UK, archaic, Yorkshire, dialect)

Further reading

• “eye” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “eye” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.