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
• ton
• slew
• 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
• barrel
• quite a bit
• mass
• store
• pack
• gobs
• truckload
• carload
• bushel
• shipload
• boatload
• much
• fistful
• pot
• peck
• sheaf
• reams
• wad
• thousands
• plateful
• basketful
• spate
• lashings
• plentitude
• score
• potful
• scads
• plague
• passel
• flood
• sea
• surplus
• oodles
• embarrassment
• multitude
• 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
• legion
• overmuch
• mob
• press
• zillion
• cram
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taste
• spot
• touch
• suspicion
• glimmer
• shadow
• hint
• speck
• shade
• strain
• ray
• handful
• 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
• smidgen
• fleck
• shortage
• poverty
• flyspeck
• scarcity
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sight

Noun

With another procedural hurdle cleared this week, the bill is now within sight of a final Senate passage vote. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026

As previously reported, the MTA last week instituted a similar rule for all worksites at which a curve or elevation change meant the track crew would be out of sight from the nearest subway platform. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

Hammerhead sharks typically prefer warmer waters than those found in Southern California, and the last sighting near the coast was over a decade ago, according to the iNaturalist species-sighting database. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Hammerhead shark sighting A hammerhead shark was spotted off Rhode Island last week. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 July 2026

Phrases Containing sight

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