myopia

Questions about myopia

What does myopia mean?

myopia means "(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred".

How many syllables are in myopia?

myopia has 4 syllables: my-o-pi-a. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /maɪˈoʊpiə/.

What is another word for myopia?

Close synonyms include nearsightedness, shortsightedness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of myopia?

The recorded antonyms are hyperopia.

Is myopia a common word?

myopia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with myopia?

1 word rhymes with myopia. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.