Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eye
5 senses of eye
Sense 1
eye, oculus, optic -- (the organ of sight)
=> sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor -- (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
Sense 2
eye -- (good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye")
=> sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment -- (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)
Sense 3
eye -- (attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye")
=> attention, attending -- (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)
Sense 4
center, centre, middle, heart, eye -- (an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm")
=> area, country -- (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country")
Sense 5
eye -- (a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye")
=> hole -- (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb eye
1 sense of eye
Sense 1
eye, eyeball -- (look at)
=> look -- (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!")