round-eyed

1. 1.

   exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

   “childlike trust”

   “dewy-eyed innocence”

   “listened in round-eyed wonder”

   Synonymschildlikewide-eyeddewy-eyedsimple

   Similarnaive
2. 2.

   having large round wide-open eyes

   Synonymssaucer-eyed

   Similareyed

Questions about round-eyed

What does round-eyed mean?

round-eyed means "exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in round-eyed?

round-eyed has 2 syllables: roun-d-eyed. The stress falls on "roun".

What is another word for round-eyed?

Close synonyms include childlike, wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple, saucer-eyed. 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.

Is round-eyed a common word?

round-eyed 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.