Meanings
nountelescopic sight (plural telescopic sights)
plural telescopic sights
- A device used e.g. on a rifle in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Synonyms: scope
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device used e.g. on a rifle in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
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More synonyms by meaning
noungunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight
Similar
telescope sight
Broader
gunsightgun-sight
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian оптичен мерник
- оптичен мерник (optičen mernik)aiming device
Catalan mira
- miraaiming device
Danish kikkertsikte
- kikkertsikteaiming device
Estonian optiline sihik
- optiline sihikaiming device
Finnish kiikaritähtäin
- kiikaritähtäinaiming device
German Zielfernrohr
- Zielfernrohraiming device
Greek σκόπευτρο
- σκόπευτρο (skópeftro)aiming device
Irish scóp
- scópaiming device
Italian mirino
- mirinoaiming device
Norwegian Bokmål kikkertsikte
- kikkertsikteaiming device
Portuguese mira
- miraaiming device
Russian опти́ческий прице́л
- опти́ческий прице́л (optíčeskij pricél)aiming device
Spanish mira, visor
- miraaiming device
- visoraiming device
- mira telescópicaaiming device
Swedish kikarsikte
- kikarsikteaiming device
Cite this entry
APA
telescopic sight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telescopic%20sight
MLA
“telescopic sight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telescopic%20sight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telescopic sight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telescopic%20sight.
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