clear-sighted

Questions about clear-sighted

What does clear-sighted mean?

clear-sighted means "having sharp clear vision". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clear-sighted?

clear-sighted has 4 syllables and divides as cle-ar--sigh-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for clear-sighted?

Close synonyms include clear-eyed, perspicacious. 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 clear-sighted a common word?

clear-sighted 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.