catch sight

1. 1.

   see something for a brief time

   Synonymsget a lookcatch a glimpse

   Broadersee

Questions about catch sight

What does catch sight mean?

catch sight means "see something for a brief time".

What is another word for catch sight?

Close synonyms include get a look, catch a glimpse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catch sight a common word?

catch sight is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.