eyewear

noun

eye·​wear ˈī-ˌwer 

: corrective or protective devices (such as glasses or contact lenses) for the eyes

Examples of eyewear in a Sentence

a shop that specialized in fashionable eyewear

Recent Examples on the Web

As the story goes, fresh off university and broke in 1996, Ralph Anderl, alongside friends Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling, masterminded the screwless invention, decided to apply it to stainless-steel eyewear and wore some prototype pairs to a gallery event in Berlin. —Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Mar. 2026

The glasses, created with eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, include a camera and an AI assistant that responds to voice questions. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026

The result is eyewear that resists trends and rewards patience. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2026

The eyewear will be connected to your smartphone so that the handset can process information that is received from the camera. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eyewear

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware

Medical Definition

eyewear

noun

eye·​wear ˈī-ˌwa(ə)r, -ˌwe(ə)r 

: corrective or protective devices (as glasses or contact lenses) for the eyes