Synonyms of sharp-eyed

sharp-eyed

adjective

ˈshärp-ˈīd 

as in watchful

having unusually keen vision

a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watchful
• eagle-eyed
• observant
• sharp-sighted
• lynx-eyed
• hawkeyed
• aware
• clear-sighted
• observing
• sighted
• vigilant
• attentive
• alert

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blind
• sightless
• eyeless
• visionless
• nearsighted
• astigmatic
• myopic
• shortsighted
• stone-blind
• purblind

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sharp-eyed

What begins as a history play transforms into a sharp-eyed satire about the cost of assimilation in a society where money, power and white privilege remain stubbornly intertwined. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Understated, sharp-eyed, and drier than a drought, Vin (Ealy) spent his early adulthood as a Pullman Porter — smiling on cue while passengers snapped their fingers for whiskey. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 May 2026

So Mom clears them out, taking them to a nearby nature preserve and natural-history museum, where the sharp-eyed Sasha notices the teen-age Jeremy stealing a souvenir keychain from a rotating rack. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

That moment required sharp-eyed expertise — a scientist looking at an image of a living animal and connecting it, across years and continents, to fossils described by a colleague from teeth found in the ground. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2026