farsighted

Questions about farsighted

What does farsighted mean?

farsighted means "able to see distant objects clearly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in farsighted?

farsighted has 3 syllables: far-sigh-ted. The stress falls on "far". In IPA it is /ˈfɑɹˈsaɪtəd/.

What is another word for farsighted?

Close synonyms include presbyopic, farseeing, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient. 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.

What is the opposite of farsighted?

The recorded antonyms are nearsighted.

Is farsighted a common word?

farsighted 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.

What rhymes with farsighted?

1 word rhymes with farsighted. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.