Synonyms of sharp-eyednext
: having keen sight
also : keen in observing or penetrating

Examples of sharp-eyed in a Sentence

a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement
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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 Some observers are speculating that this customer may be the Virginia company BlackSky, which operates a constellation of sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellites. Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026 His ever-glowering face on the sideline has sparked countless memes and has come to personify the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense manner in which these Hoosiers have rocketed through the sport in just two seasons. Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sharp-eyed

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sharp-eyed was in 1670

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“Sharp-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharp-eyed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

Kids Definition

sharp-eyed

adjective
ˈshär-ˈpīd
: having keen sight
also : keen in observing or seeing through
a sharp-eyed hiker spotted the rare bird

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