hawk-eyed

What does hawk-eyed mean?

hawk-eyed means "having very keen vision".

How many syllables are in hawk-eyed?

hawk-eyed has 2 syllables and divides as haw-k-eyed 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 hawk-eyed?

Close synonyms include argus-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed. 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 hawk-eyed a common word?

hawk-eyed 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hawk-eyed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.