as in glasses
a single round lens for one eye that helps people see and that is held in place by the muscles around the eye
His outfit for the party, consisting of a cape, tophat, and monocle, was sure to attract attention.
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Recent Examples of monocle
Singer and actor Janelle Monáe’s Thom Browne fit included a contrasting color suit, hat, monocle and cape adorned with the outline of a totally different suit splashed across it.
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Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe shows up in the illusion of a business suit before revealing a real red-and-black suit (a collaboration between Thom Browne and costume designer Paul Tazewell), accessorizing with a monocle and bowler hat, a Marie Lichtenberg ring and a Vacheron Constantin watch.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 6 May 2025
Monáe arrived in a boxy suit, mixing pinstripes and solid colors with a bowler hat and timepiece monocle.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
All this, but no one thought to fuse a monocle with a watch the way Monáe and Browne did.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 May 2025
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Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe shows up in the illusion of a business suit before revealing a real red-and-black suit (a collaboration between Thom Browne and costume designer Paul Tazewell), accessorizing with a monocle and bowler hat, a Marie Lichtenberg ring and a Vacheron Constantin watch.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 6 May 2025
Monáe arrived in a boxy suit, mixing pinstripes and solid colors with a bowler hat and timepiece monocle.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
All this, but no one thought to fuse a monocle with a watch the way Monáe and Browne did.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monocle
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Walking across the stage in her cap, gown, iconic hot pink glasses and blue Adidas sneakers, the 82-year-old tennis legend accepted her diploma, more than 60 years after beginning her studies at the campus.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
19 May 2026
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Where to Eat Linger for hours on the patio at Lakeside Chophouse, clinking glasses of Vinho Verde and watching deer saunter by.—
Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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As a rule, monocles were a male accessory: If in need of an aid to vision, a woman would use spectacles or a lorgnette, a pair of glasses on a handle.—
Austin Grossman,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2019
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“Monocle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monocle. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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