Synonyms for eyeball

Most common

eye · globe · googly eye · globus oculi · eye-apple · orb

All synonyms

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The ball of the eye.

   You'll change your mind about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out.

2. v. 1

   To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

   A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients.

Related words

Phrases

hairy eyeball my eyeball eyeball queen eyeball to eyeball

Forms

Plural

eyeballs → eyes, globes, ogles, globi…

Past participle

eyeballed
e.g. eyeballed → scrutinized…

Example sentences

• eye Could you keep an eye on my suitcase for a moment?
• globe The new jet circles the globe in twenty-four hours.
• orb The orange alien is orb-shaped with 18 tentacles.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

eye¹, orb¹

4 letters

ogle²

5 letters

globe¹

6 letters

globus², bulbus

8 letters

eyeglobe

10 letters

scrutinize³, scrutinise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ogle² = 2 syllables).