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Another word for sight

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Noun

  1. An act of directing the eyes on an object

    See also:

    see

  2. The faculty of seeing

      1. Electromagnetic radiation that is visible, perceivable by the normal human eye as colors between red and violet, having frequencies between 400 terahertz and 790 terahertz and wavelengths between 750 nanometers and 380 nanometers.
      2. Electromagnetic radiation of any frequency or wavelength.
      3. The sensation of perceiving light; brightness:
      1. The faculty of sight; eyesight:
      2. Something that is or has been seen.
      3. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight:
      1. Inasmuch as; in view of the fact:
      2. The clarity of focus of an image in a telescope, measured by the angular size of a single star in that image.
      1. The faculty of sight; vision.
      2. Range of vision; view.
      1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
      2. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
      3. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
    See also:

    see

  3. That which is or can be seen

      1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
      2. An avenue or other passage affording such a view.
      3. An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view:
      1. An examination using the eyes; a look:
      2. Field of vision:
      3. A scene or vista:
      1. Something seen by a viewer; a view or prospect.
      2. The place where an action or event occurs:
      3. The place in which the action of a play, movie, novel, or other narrative occurs; a setting.
      1. Something expected; a possibility.
      2. Chances.
      3. Financial expectations, especially of success.
      1. A view or vista.
      2. A mental view or outlook:
      3. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
      1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
      2. A comprehensive presentation; a survey:
      3. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
      1. A point of view; an attitude:
      2. Expectation for the future:
      3. A place where something can be viewed.
      1. The act of observing or keeping watch.
      2. A high place or structure commanding a wide view, used for observation.
      3. One who keeps watch.
    See also:

    see

  4. An unsightly object

    See also:

    beautiful

  5. A great deal

      1. The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
      2. A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude:
      3. Physical strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted:
      1. A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.
      2. A large accumulation or quantity:
      3. A large amount of money:
      1. To strike with the beak or a pointed instrument.
      2. To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.
      3. To grasp and pick up with the beak:
      1. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
      2. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
      3. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
      1. A large extent, amount, or number:
      2. Used adverbially to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”:
      3. A number of associated people or things:
      1. A group of things placed or thrown, one on top of the other:
      2. A great deal; a lot:
      3. An old or run-down car.
      1. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.
      2. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.
      3. Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the US Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (117 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage.
      1. The earth, especially together with the life it supports:
      2. The universe:
      3. Humankind considered as social beings; human society:
      1. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches:
      2. The state of being rich; affluence:
      3. Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use:
      1. The state of being profuse; abundance.
      2. Lavish or unrestrained expense; extravagance.
      3. A profuse outpouring or quantity:
      1. A full or completely adequate amount or supply:
      2. A large quantity or amount; an abundance:
      3. A condition of general abundance or prosperity:
      1. Great in quantity, degree, or extent:
      2. A large quantity or amount:
      3. Something great or remarkable:
      1. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.
      2. A large heap:
      3. A huge quantity:
      1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
      2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
      3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:
      1. A great or plentiful amount:
      2. The condition of being in rich supply:
      3. Degree of plentifulness:
    See also:

    big

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for sight

Noun

  1. The power of seeing

    See also:

    vision

  2. Something worth seeing; often plural

  3. *An unsightly person

      1. Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening.
      2. Something extremely unsightly, alarming, or strange:
      3. To frighten.
      1. A crude image or effigy of a person set up in a field to scare birds away from growing crops.
      2. Something frightening but not dangerous.
      3. A gaunt or haggard person.
      1. A tramp; a vagrant.
      2. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
      3. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person:
      1. A female giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
      2. A woman who is considered cruel or ugly.
      1. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
      2. A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.
      1. An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
      2. A witch; a sorceress.
      3. A female demon.
      1. Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view.
    See also:

    tramp

    slob

Idioms:

    a sight for sore eyes

    2. at-first-sight

    3. by sight

    4. catch-sight-of

    5. lose-sight-of

    6. on-sight

    7. out of sight

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She must look a sight with red swollen eyes.

  • "I thought bees were attracted to flowers by sight and smell," I said.

  • He paused at the sight of Pierre.

  • No one was in sight when she reached the building, but the door was open.

  • Eureka stuck up her nose at such food, but the tiny piglets squealed delightedly at the sight of the crackers and ate them up in a jiffy.

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