Background A relationship between near work and nearsightedness has driven examiners to propose that the activity of the crystalline lens especially accommodation is associated with the development and progression of nearsightedness. Myopes have been found to have strange accommodative reaction to blur.Objective To compare accommodative facility in eyes with emmetropia and myopia.Method This cross-sectional study was conducted among subjects in the age group of 18 - 24 years. Twenty emmetropic subjects and 20 myopic subjects were selected for the study. The subjects underwent vision assessment and refraction slit lamp examination and few binocular vision assessments like cover test and broad H test. Accommodative facility was measured by using plusmn 2.00 D accommodative flippers in both emmetropes and myopes with correction.Results Accommodative facility in both the groups was measured. From this study it can be clearly noted that there was a highly significant difference in accommodative facility of emmetropes and accommodative facility of myopes. There was a reduced accommodative facility in myopes than in emmetropes.nbspConclusion The findings collected data and the results of our study showed that accommodative facility was reduced in myopes when compared to emmetropes.