sharp-sighted

Questions about sharp-sighted

What does sharp-sighted mean?

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

How many syllables are in sharp-sighted?

sharp-sighted has 3 syllables and divides as sharp--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 sharp-sighted?

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

sharp-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.