Standard Lemma guide

eyeless

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no eyes (organs of sight).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uneyed

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having no sight; blind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sightless

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having no eye: having no hole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, uncommon

Qualifier: especially suturing needles

Examples

  • eyeless needle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

lacking eyes or eyelike features

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves
  • an eyeless needle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: eyed

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

lacking sight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blind as an eyeless beggar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sightless, unseeing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: augenlos — having no eyes
  • Greek: αόμματος (aómmatos) — having no eyes
  • Ancient Greek: ἄοψ (áops) — having no eyes
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνόφθαλμος (anóphthalmos) — having no eyes
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνόμματος (anómmatos) — having no eyes
  • Icelandic: augnalaus — having no eyes
  • Komi-Permyak: синтӧм (śintöm) — having no eyes
  • Polish: bezoki — having no eyes
  • Russian: безгла́зый (bezglázyj) — having no eyes
  • Turkish: gözsüz — having no eyes
  • Icelandic: sjónlaus — having no sight
  • Komi-Permyak: синтӧм (śintöm) — having no sight
  • Eastern Mari: шинчадыме (šinčadyme) — having no sight
  • Russian: слепо́й (slepój) — having no sight
  • Russian: незря́чий (nezrjáčij) — having no sight
  • Turkish: gözsüz — having no sight
  • Turkish: kör — having no sight
  • Ottoman Turkish: كور (kör) — having no sight
  • Turkish: kör — having no eye (of a needle)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كور (kör) — having no eye (of a needle)