optometrist

noun

op·​tom·​e·​trist äp-ˈtä-mə-trist 

: a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist, optician

Examples of optometrist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Zervas, who is a licensed optometrist, pleaded guilty in March to fraudulently overbilling the state’s Medicaid program over the course of more than five years. —Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025

The life skills teacher is a devoted mom to her son Harry (Jude Hill) and wife to a successful optometrist Fred (Matthew Macfadyen). —Erin Jensen, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025

In March, Darville told the Nassau Guardian newspaper that two ophthalmologists, one retina specialist, one cataract specialist and one optometrist from Cuba are in the country. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025

Thanks to the internet, getting a new pair of glasses no longer means having to spend all day at the optometrist’s office. —Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 2 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

optometrist

noun

op·​tom·​e·​trist äp-ˈtäm-ə-trəst 

: a specialist licensed in optometry compare ophthalmologist, optician sense 2

Medical Definition

optometrist

noun

op·​tom·​e·​trist äp-ˈtäm-ə-trəst 

: a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist, optician sense 2