coup d'oeil

1. 1.

   a quick look

   Synonymsglanceglimpse

   Broaderlook

   Narrowereye-beamingside-glance

Questions about coup d'oeil

What does coup d'oeil mean?

coup d'oeil means "a quick look".

What is another word for coup d'oeil?

Close synonyms include glance, 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 coup d'oeil a common word?

coup d'oeil 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.