CLEAR-SIGHTED Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

clear-sighted

adjective

ˈklir-ˌsī-təd

Definition of clear-sighted

as in smart

having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment a clear-sighted businessman who doesn't let sentimentality or compassion affect his decisions

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as in watchful

having unusually keen vision a clear-sighted person could see for almost 20 miles from the observatory

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Recent Examples of clear-sighted People admire your straightforward and clear-sighted practicality. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026 The clear-sighted Kanye of 2005 and 2009 has been replaced by a guy who claims people are hiring out replacement children just to mess with him. — Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025 The song itself is lyrically complex and clear-sighted in its treatment of the touchy subject of addiction. — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 11 Sep. 2024 Moreover, the show explains how Jane’s privileged upbringing has failed to give her a diverse and clear-sighted perspective. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 June 2024 Compulsively readable, wildly entertaining, and filled with sharp social insight, The List is a piercing and dazzlingly clear-sighted debut about secrets, lies, and the internet. — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clear-sighted

Adjective

Water usage for both types can be further reduced by pairing them with smart controllers and timers.

— Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Del Puerto will play Hector, a smart, hard-working, ambitious landscaper working on an upscale property in Frisco, TX.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 July 2026

Definition of smart

Adjective

Erik Per Sullivan stars as Miles, the watchful 10-year-old son of photographer George (Jack Webster) and therapist Kim (Patricia Clarkson), whose life is irrevocably altered in the course of a snowbound upstate vacation.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Her husband, one of the top high school baseball coaches in the country, kept a watchful eye.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of watchful

Adjective

In a summer window that has seen 21-year-old Mateus Fernandes move from West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur for £85million, a near £50m deal for this six-cap Brazil international can be read as astute business.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026
But the most astute recognize the folly of the notion that the military can sidestep politics entirely.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of astute

Adjective

Beckham, a shrewd businessman, no doubt commands hefty fees for each endorsement, stacking his personal coffers handsomely.

— Shann Biglione, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
America’s bounty of wilderness is mostly the result of shrewd policy decisions that preserved these lands for all of us to cherish today.

— Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of shrewd

Adjective

But these two figures, created by one of our most keenly observant writers, deserve to be interpreted anew.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
These legislators were also more likely to be white, to have served in the military and to be religiously observant.

— Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

Definition of observant

Adjective

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

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