Synonyms of sights

sights 1 of 2

noun

plural of sight

1

as in glimpses

an instance of looking especially briefly

he always fainted at the merest sight of blood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glimpses
• looks
• glances
• peeks
• views
• regards
• peeps
• stares
• eyes
• ganders
• gazes
• glares
• casts
• side-glances
• gapes
• ogles
• leers
• squints
• squinnies
• coups d'oeil

2

as in messes

something unpleasant to look at

the frat house was a sight the morning after the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• messes
• horrors
• frights
• eyesores
• monstrosities
• hideosities
• spots
• blots
• stains
• smears
• smudges
• eye-catchers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visions

3

as in loads

a considerable amount

this place sure is a good sight better than that last motel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• tons
• dozens
• deals
• hundreds
• slews
• piles
• lots
• chunks
• quantities
• bunches
• wealths
• plenties
• masses
• stacks
• rafts
• mountains
• bundles
• abundances
• myriads
• all kinds (of)
• yards
• heaps
• barrels
• multiplicities
• volumes
• stores
• buckets
• gobs
• scads
• fistfuls
• pots
• quite a bit
• reams
• wads
• good deals
• boatloads
• shiploads
• oodles
• pecks
• bushels
• scores
• packs
• truckloads
• carloads
• platefuls
• profusions
• sheaves
• much
• potfuls
• plenitudes
• messes
• basketfuls
• lashings
• passels
• thousands
• plentitudes
• excesses
• multitudes
• floods
• spates
• rashes
• millions
• seas
• crowds
• hosts
• hordes
• plagues
• epidemics
• surpluses
• embarrassments
• throngs
• swarms
• flocks
• bonanzas
• armies
• superfluities
• legions
• redundancies
• zillions
• trillions
• herds
• mobs
• overages
• presses
• plethoras
• overmuch
• overabundances
• crushes
• surfeits
• superabundances
• droves
• overflows
• deluges
• overkills
• oversupplies
• gazillions
• bevies
• jillions
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spots
• tastes
• shadows
• shades
• strains
• suspicions
• bits
• fragments
• molecules
• hints
• rays
• particles
• specks
• touches
• drams
• traces
• ounces
• streaks
• grains
• atoms
• dots
• scruples
• handfuls
• mouthfuls
• glimmers
• peanuts
• mites
• licks
• aces
• granules
• nips
• sprinkles
• scraps
• flecks
• shots
• pinches
• crumbs
• sections
• motes
• pieces
• shreds
• dabs
• portions
• pittances
• drops
• little
• morsels
• sprinklings
• dashes
• driblets
• flyspecks
• whits
• smidgens
• shortages
• jots
• tittles
• modicums
• scintillas
• nubbins
• deficiencies
• smatterings
• wants
• lacks
• deficits
• absences
• smatters
• iotas
• inadequacies
• scarcities
• famines
• insufficiencies
• poverties
• undersupplies
• dearths
• paucities

sights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sight

as in spots

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

• spots
• eyes
• notices
• sees
• views
• regards
• remarks
• notes
• witnesses
• looks (at)
• spies
• perceives
• watches
• beholds
• discerns
• observes
• catches
• distinguishes
• sets eyes on
• espies
• lays eyes on
• descries
• gets a load of
• picks out
• identifies
• marks
• glimpses
• considers
• attends (to)
• scans
• minds
• heeds
• makes out
• surveys
• studies
• inspects
• scrutinizes
• examines
• picks up
• peers (at)
• glances (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• passes over
• neglects
• disregards
• misses
• overlooks
• overpasses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sights

Noun

Hulu released first look images from the upcoming second season of Chad Powers, where the fictional SEC football team still has their sights set on the College Football Playoff. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 July 2026

For many first-time visitors to Oslo, the sculptures of Vigeland Park are among the city’s most surprising sights. — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

But now, there are indications that Bezos might have been hit by the World Cup fever like everyone else and turned their sights to another sport. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 July 2026

The fourth-generation Balducci could’ve set his sights on opening the city’s next Dean & Deluca, but after a few years of building out his team and growing the business, a gourmet grocer just wasn’t in the cards. — Sean Santiago, Vogue, 27 July 2026

The streamer also has its sights set on an even rarer accomplishment. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 July 2026

Harper—whom David and Victoria welcomed on July 10, 2011—has reportedly had her sights set on becoming a future tycoon after being inspired by her mom’s reinvention as a fashion and beauty figure in the industry. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 22 July 2026

In the aftermath of COVID-19, the ultrawealthy set their sights on Florida for its laissez-faire attitude. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Other telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, for instance, have similarly peered back in time through the cosmos and revealed some incredible, ancient sights. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 July 2026

Verb

How did Imagineering decide which sights to include and which ones to leave out? — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 1 June 2026

Our dad got us a job holding the pole, the guy sights on through the thing, surveying. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025