Synonyms of sight

sight 1 of 2

noun

ˈsīt 

1

as in presence

a position within view

get out of my sight!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• presence
• proximity
• company
• immediacy
• nearness
• contiguity
• closeness

2

as in glance

an instance of looking especially briefly

he always fainted at the merest sight of blood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glance
• glimpse
• peek
• look
• view
• peep
• stare
• gaze
• eye
• glare
• gander
• regard
• cast
• gape
• leer
• ogle
• side-glance
• squint
• squinny
• coup d'oeil

3

as in mess

something unpleasant to look at

the frat house was a sight the morning after the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mess
• fright
• eyesore
• horror
• hideosity
• monstrosity
• stain
• spot
• smudge
• blot
• eye-catcher
• smear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vision

4

as in eyesight

the ability to see

lost his sight in an accident when he was young

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eyesight
• eye
• vision
• myopia
• nearsightedness
• squint
• astigmatism
• farsightedness
• presbyopia
• double vision
• hyperopia
• diplopia
• strabismus
• hypermetropia
• aniseikonia

5

as in loads

a considerable amount

this place sure is a good sight better than that last motel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• plenty
• dozen
• slew
• ton
• deal
• wealth
• pile
• chunk
• abundance
• bunch
• quantity
• lot
• stack
• hundred
• raft
• bundle
• yard
• mountain
• good deal
• all kinds (of)
• profusion
• myriad
• plenitude
• mess
• heap
• multiplicity
• bucket
• volume
• quite a bit
• barrel
• mass
• basketful
• store
• gobs
• pack
• truckload
• carload
• bushel
• shipload
• much
• boatload
• fistful
• pot
• peck
• sheaf
• reams
• wad
• thousands
• spate
• plateful
• lashins
• lashings
• plentitude
• score
• potful
• scads
• passel
• plague
• flood
• sea
• surplus
• oodles
• multitude
• embarrassment
• excess
• rash
• epidemic
• overabundance
• crowd
• throng
• flock
• swarm
• plethora
• redundancy
• surfeit
• superfluity
• overflow
• superabundance
• bonanza
• host
• deluge
• army
• horde
• overkill
• herd
• million
• oversupply
• drove
• bevy
• crush
• overage
• overmuch
• legion
• mob
• press
• zillion
• cram
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taste
• spot
• touch
• suspicion
• glimmer
• shadow
• hint
• speck
• shade
• strain
• handful
• ray
• streak
• bit
• mouthful
• trace
• ounce
• pinch
• grain
• pittance
• sprinkling
• fragment
• particle
• dot
• molecule
• scruple
• lick
• peanuts
• scrap
• whit
• ace
• dram
• mite
• mote
• shred
• modicum
• atom
• nip
• dab
• tad
• sprinkle
• iota
• crumb
• jot
• section
• smattering
• shot
• scintilla
• little
• tittle
• drop
• dash
• portion
• piece
• granule
• absence
• driblet
• lack
• morsel
• smidgeon
• smidgen
• smidge
• smidgin
• fleck
• shortage
• poverty
• scarcity
• flyspeck
• paucity
• deficiency
• famine
• nubbin
• smatter
• deficit
• dearth
• want
• inadequacy
• insufficiency
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantiness
• undersupply
• scantness
• skimpiness

sight

2 of 2

verb

as in to notice

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land

Synonyms & Similar Words

• notice
• eye
• spot
• see
• regard
• view
• behold
• perceive
• remark
• look (at)
• witness
• note
• watch
• discern
• observe
• catch
• descry
• espy
• distinguish
• spy
• set eyes on
• get a load of
• lay eyes on
• identify
• pick out
• glimpse
• mark
• attend (to)
• consider
• make out
• scan
• mind
• heed
• study
• inspect
• survey
• examine
• scrutinize
• glance (at)
• pick up
• peer (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignore
• disregard
• pass over
• neglect
• miss
• overlook
• overpass

Examples of sight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

There is no relief in sight as the deficit will expand under either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, though less so under the Democrat, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024

There still doesn’t appear to be any end in sight as the case has strung out to become the longest in Georgia’s history. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024

Verb

Plus this may be Charlotte's chance for a Taylor Swift sighting at Bank of America Stadium. —Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024

The sagging grande dame is undergoing a massive face lift that’s just as much the talk of the town as a George Clooney sighting. —Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024

Phrases Containing sight

• drop out of sight
• out of sight
• second sight