noun · 3 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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UK:/maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/
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US:/maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/
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rhymes with -əʊpiə
CMU ARPABET:M AY0 OW1 P IY0 AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness
Antonyms: hyperopia
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noun
Meaning 2
A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness
Antonyms: hyperopia
Broader terms: ametropia
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
կարճատեսություն
(karčatesutʻyun)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Chinese Mandarin:
缺乏想像力
(quēfá xiǎngxiànglì)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Chinese Mandarin:
缺乏遠見 /缺乏远见
(quēfá yuǎnjiàn)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Chinese Mandarin:
短視 /短视
(duǎnshì)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Chinese Mandarin:
目光短淺 /目光短浅
(mùguāng duǎnqiǎn)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Dutch:
kortzichtigheid
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Finnish:
lyhytnäköisyys
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
French:
myope
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
German:
Kurzsichtigkeit
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Macedonian:
кратковидост
(kratkovidost)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Macedonian:
кусогледост
(kusogledost)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Russian:
близору́кость
(blizorúkostʹ)
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Slovak:
krátkozrakosť
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Spanish:
miopía
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Swedish:
kortsiktighet
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Vietnamese:
sự thiển cận
— lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
