ocular
UK/ˈɒk.jə.lə//ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/
ocular adjective: of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight.
Adjective
ocular (comparative more ocular, superlative most ocular)
- Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
- The medication may have adverse ocular side effects.
- It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
- Resembling the eye.
- ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly
- Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.
- Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,
Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof:
Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul,
Thou hadst been better have been born a dog
Than answer my waked wrath!c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac... - For as Thomas was an ocular Witness of Christ’s Death and Burial, so were the other Disciples of his Resurrection; having actually seen him after he was risen.1692, Robert South, “A Discourse concerning Our Saviour’s Resurrection”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volume V, London: Jonah Bowyer, page 171
- Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,
Noun
ocular (plural oculars)
- The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.
- Antonyms:
- objective
- Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.
ocular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ocular in Hindi
- ocular, eye-
- नेत्रिका netrikā
ocular in Tamil
- கண்ணுக்குரிய, பார்வைவில்லை, கண்ணாற்கண்ட, விழியின்
ocular in Urdu
- عینی, بصری
ocular in Bengali
- চাক্ষুষ, চক্ষু সংক্রান্ত
More languagesFewer languages
- ocular in Telugu
- నేత్ర nētra
- ocular in Malayalam
- കണ്ണിനെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ദൃഷ്ടിഗോചരമായ
- ocular in Kannada
- ಕಣ್ಣಿನ, ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ
- ocular in Arabic
- عَيْنِيّ ʕayniyy
Examples of ocular in a sentence
- The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.1860, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Behavior”, in The Conduct of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, page 156:
- For he, by stealth, as it were, cast glances sometimes at them, which they returned; and, on my ocular notice, their eyes fell, as I may say, under my eye, as if they could not stand its examination.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume III, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson...
Antonyms of ocular
Forms of ocular
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ocular |
| superlative | most ocular |
| Noun | |
| plural | oculars |
Origin of ocular
Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Words formed from ocular
- antennocular
- anteocular
- biocular
- circumocular
- dextrocular
- electroocular
- endoocular
- extraocular
- infraocular
- inocular
- interocular
- intraocular
- monocular
- multiocular
- multocular
- nasocular
- nasoocular
- nonocular
- ocellocular
- octonocular
- ocularcentric
- ocularcentrism
- ocularist
- ocularity
- ocular lens
- ocularly
- ocular micrometer
- ocular radiance
- ocular spark
- periocular
- postocular
- preocular
- presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome
- retroocular
- sinistrocular
- subocular
- supraocular
- transocular
- triocular
- uniocular
- vestibuloocular
Phrases with ocular
Questions about ocular
- What does ocular mean?
- Ocular means of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight.
- What is ocular in Hindi?
- Ocular in Hindi is नेत्रिका (netrikā). See Ocular meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ocular in a sentence?
- The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.
- What part of speech is ocular?
- Ocular can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ocular?
- Ocular is pronounced /ˈɒk.jə.lə/ (UK).
Words near ocular in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ocular (page history and authors); नेत्रिका (Hindi) (page history and authors); ocular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ocular (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ocular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ocular (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ocular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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