magnifying glass

Questions about magnifying glass

What is another word for magnifying glass?

It depends which magnifying glass you mean. In the sense “light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image”, the synonyms are hand glass, simple microscope. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of magnifying glass?

WordNet records no antonym for magnifying glass. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for magnifying glass come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of magnifying glass

• Full entry for magnifying glassAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for magnifying glassWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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