catch sight

Questions about catch sight

What is another word for catch sight?

It depends which catch sight you mean. In the sense “see something for a brief time”, the synonyms are get a look, catch a glimpse. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of catch sight?

WordNet records no antonym for catch sight. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for catch sight come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of catch sight

• Full entry for catch sightAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for catch sightWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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