noun
- a person who has hyperopia; someone with farsightedness.
Usage: medical/optometry term; also called a farsighted person
Examples
- The optometrist determined that the patient was a hyperope after the vision test.
- A hyperope typically has difficulty focusing on objects that are close to the eyes.
- Many hyperopes require reading glasses or bifocals as they age.
- The hyperope could see the distant billboard clearly but struggled to read the nearby menu.