Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > O Synonyms of occipital cortex Find synonyms for: Noun1. occipital lobe, occipital cortex, lobeusage: that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the headWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: triumphalism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language