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sight

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sight

1 a position within view
  • Get out of my sight!
Synonyms of sight

company, presence
Words Related to sight

closeness, contiguity, immediacy, nearness, proximity
2 an instance of looking especially briefly
  • He always fainted at the merest sight of blood.
Synonyms of sight

cast, eye, gander, glance, glimpse, look, peek, peep, regard, view
Words Related to sight

gape, gaze, glare, leer, ogle, stare
3 something unpleasant to look at
  • The house was a sight the morning after the party.
Synonyms of sight

eyesore, fright, horror, mess, monstrosity
Words Related to sight

eye-catcher

blot, smear, smudge, spot, stain
Near Antonyms of sight

vision
4 the ability to see
  • Bill lost his sight in an accident when he was young.
Synonyms of sight

eye, eyesight, vision
Words Related to sight

myopia, nearsightedness

farsightedness

astigmatism, diplopia, squint, strabismus

double vision
5 a considerable amount
  • This place sure is a good sight better than that last motel.
Synonyms of sight

abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Words Related to sight

epidemic, plague, rash

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood, overflow

army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng
Phrases Synonymous with sight

all kinds (of), quite a bit
Near Antonyms of sight

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

smatter, smattering
Antonyms of sight

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace

sight

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sight

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 of sight

behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, see, spot, spy, view, witness
Words Related to sight

identify, make out, pick out, pick up

attend (to), consider, heed, mark, mind

study, watch

examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey

glance (at), glimpse, peer (at)
Phrases Synonymous with sight

get a load of [slang], lay eyes on, set eyes on
Near Antonyms of sight

disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over

miss, overlook

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