longsightedness

Questions about longsightedness

What does longsightedness mean?

longsightedness means "abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects".

How many syllables are in longsightedness?

longsightedness has 4 syllables and divides as long-sigh-ted-ness 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 longsightedness?

Close synonyms include hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness. 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 longsightedness a common word?

longsightedness 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.