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

SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket flew for the first time in 18 months on Wednesday (April 29), and a sharp-eyed satellite was watching. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Apr. 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

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