Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eye_contact

2 senses of eye contact

Sense 1
eye contact -- (a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication; "it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave")
       => visual communication -- (communication that relies on vision)

Sense 2
eye contact -- (contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other; "a teacher should make eye contact with the students")
       => contact -- (close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings")