Meanings
comparative more clear-sighted · comparative clearer-sighted · superlative most clear-sighted · superlative clearest-sighted · alternative clearsighted
- Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious.
Eventually, in 1970, at a Meeting in Aberdeen, he appeared drunk and stated that his word was of such consequence that the Bible was no longer necessary - a bombshell that caused a number of clearer-sighted Brethren to protest and break away.
2007 June 2, Rosie Strode, “I was brought up in the exclusive brethren”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 20142 more examples
Who can form even a likely guess as to what is to succeed, even the best-informed and clearest-sighted Russian, except as to his own immediate neighborhood? The proceedings of one neighborhood cannot in the least be inferred from those of another.
1905 December 8, “The Russian Empire—and After?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025Even the clearer-sighted prisoners make their own compromises with reality. An amiable artist (Lon Huber) had left his hiding place for a walk even though he knew the danger, while the best-informed of the lot, a Marxist electrician (Tim O’Hare), lives his own life as a historical abstraction amid a larger class struggle.
1995 December 13, Philip Brandes, “Theater Review: Strong Ensemble Delivers Powerful ‘Incident at Vichy’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving sharp clear vision
adjectivementally acute or penetratingly discerning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian проницателен, проницателен
- проницателен (pronicatelen)having sharp vision
- проницателен (pronicatelen)perceptive or discerning
Greek οξυδερκής, οξυδερκής
- οξυδερκής (oxyderkís)having sharp vision
- οξυδερκής (oxyderkís)perceptive or discerning
Hindi विचक्षण, विचक्षण
- विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ)having sharp vision
- विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ)perceptive or discerning
Romanian văz ascuțit, văz ascuțit
- văz ascuțithaving sharp vision
- văz ascuțitperceptive or discerning
Cite this entry
clear-sighted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clear-sighted
“clear-sighted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clear-sighted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clear-sighted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clear-sighted.
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