Meanings
comparative more sharp-eyed · superlative most sharp-eyed
- Attentive, given to noticing things, aware.
The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed.
1 more example
Only one mis-step! What is it? “Why, I only gave way to a little ill-temper,” but see the result! The children observed it. Children are sharp-eyed. They are close watchers. They are quick to mark the mis-step, and they have tenacious memories.
1878 February 6, “ONE MIS-STEP.”, in The Messenger, volume XLVII, number 6 (2262), sourced from Methodist Recorder, →OCLC, page 2, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving very keen vision
adjectivekeenly perceptive or alert
adjectivehaving keen eyesight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀξυδερκής, ὀξυωπής
- ὀξυδερκής (oxuderkḗs)having acute eyesight
- ὀξυωπής (oxuōpḗs)having acute eyesight
Esperanto akravida
- akravidahaving acute eyesight
German scharfsichtig
- scharfsichtighaving acute eyesight
Russian зо́ркий, глаза́стый
- зо́ркий (zórkij)having acute eyesight
- глаза́стый (glazástyj)having acute eyesight
Swedish skarpögd
- skarpögdhaving acute eyesight
Cite this entry
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