1. plural of hyperope; people who have hyperopia (farsightedness), a refractive error in which the eye focuses light behind the retina, making nearby objects appear blurry.
Usage: medical/optometry term; also called farsighted people

Examples

• Hyperopes often need reading glasses to see objects up close.
• The eye doctor identified several hyperopes in the clinic who required corrective lenses.
• Unlike myopes, hyperopes struggle with near vision rather than distance vision.
• Many hyperopes benefit from bifocals as they age.
• The study compared hyperopes and myopes to understand refractive differences.