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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of sight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

According to Dre, the sight of Gunn’s awkward dance moves were unimpressive and the competition would’ve been better served had another dancer with more skill and experience had taken her place. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 Aug. 2024

Curtis, on the other hand, had her sights set on trading bodies with a professional athlete. —Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024

Verb

First sighted Monday morning, the Alexander Mountain Fire has burned more than 800 acres just west of Loveland and Fort Collins, approximately 40 miles north of Denver. —Dylan Moriarty, Washington Post, 30 July 2024

The American Meteor Society received over 40 reports of a fireball sighting at around 11:15 a.m. —Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 July 2024

Phrases Containing sight

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