Sight

Noun

 * 1) the ability to see
 * 2) something seen
 * 3) * 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato (author), Sophist, 236d:
 * 4) * He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights;
 * 5) something worth seeing
 * 6) a device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target
 * 7)  a great deal, a lot;
 * This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!

Synonyms

 * sense of sight, vision
 * view
 * scope, peep sight

Derived terms

 * sight for sore eyes
 * far-sighted
 * in sight
 * long-sighted
 * near-sighted
 * not a pretty sight
 * at sight


 * on sight
 * out of sight
 * out of sight, out of mind
 * second sight
 * short-sighted
 * sight for sore eyes
 * sight unseen

Verb

 * 1)  to visually register
 * 2)  to get sight of (something)
 * 3)  to take aim at

Synonyms

 * see
 * espy, glimpse, spot
 * aim at, take aim at

Derived terms

 * resight

Adjectives for Sight
inward; melting; wondrous; novel; weird; startling; wide; stirring; goodly; uncommon; piteous; enraptured; stimulating; irresistible; aching; holiest; impressive; dilated; refreshing; dismal; touching; remarkable; doleful; spiritual; richer; purer; fairer; heterogeneous; dubious; ravishing; amusing; cheery; instructive; wretched; portentous; clouded; exhilarating; imposing; horrifying; unusual; curtained; solemn; gorgeous; triumphant; precious; fearful; loveliest; continuous; infant; grand; thrilling; unaided;  disturbing;  curious; quickened; wished; ludicrous; marvelous; appalling; translatable; ghastliest; gallant; truest; bleared; distressing; horrible; swimming; majestic; fine; exceptional; welcome; powerful; sickening; glorious; purblind; joyful; inspiring; all-searching; steadfast; unacquainted; approved; gladdened; straining; extraordinary; splendid; worthless; loathsome;  lucent;   unveiled;   absolute; deadening; glistening; bewildered; unaided; mortal; awful; sorry; genial; saltatory; nocturnal; priceless;  secret;  whimsical; prettiest; feebler; perfect.

Verbs for Sight
abhor—; blur—; check—; cloud—; confuse —; conjure—; control—; dim—; distort—; distract—; dull—; focus—; impair—; intensify—; loathe—; lose—; obscure—; obstruct—; recover—; regain—; rely upon—; restore—; sharpen—; shun—; sink from—; stimulate—; tuck out of—; veil—; visualize —; —dazzles; —dissipates; —declines; — enriches ; —fails; —invigorates; —outrages; —pollutes; —weakens.

Thesaurus
Anschauung, aim, aim at, airscape, amazement, angle, angle of vision, assumption, astonishing thing, astonishment, atrocity, attitude, awe-inspiring, baboon, bag, barrel, basis, batch, behold, bend, blemish, blot, bombsight, brilliant, catch sight of, chromesthesia, cityscape, clap eyes on, clear sight, climate of opinion, cloudscape, color hearing, color vision, command, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, cone vision, consensus gentium, considerable, consideration, cool, cosmorama, curiosity, cyclorama, day vision, daylight vision, deal, dekko, descry, determine, diorama, direct, directionize, disaster, discern, discernment, discover, display, distant, distinguish, dog, domination, espy, estimate, estimation, ethos, exception, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, extraordinary, eye, eye-mindedness, eyeful, eyereach, eyes, eyeshot, eyesight, eyesore, farsight, farsightedness, feeling, field of view, field of vision, finder, five senses, fix, fix on, footing, frame of reference, framework, fright, gargoyle, gaze, gazingstock, general belief, georama, glance at, glimpse, glom, gobs, good deal, great deal, hag, harridan, have in sight, heap, heaps, hearing, hold on, horizon, idea, identify, imaginative, imperceptible, impression, incredible, invisible, jolting, judgment, keen sight, ken, landscape, lashings, lay eyes on, leaf sight, leer, leering look, level at, light, light show, lights, limit of vision, line of sight, loads, look, look on, look upon, look-in, lookout, lot, lots, lump, lustful leer, make out, mark, marvel, marvelment, mass, mental outlook, mess, mind, mint, miracle, monster, monstrosity, moving, much, myriorama, mystique, naked eye, neat, night vision, no beauty, nonesuch, note, notice, notion, observation, observe, oodles, open sight, opinion, out of sight, outlook, outlook over, outrageous, pack, pageant, pageantry, panorama, panoramic sight, parade, peck, peek, peep, peep sight, peer, perceive, perception, peripheral field, peripheral vision, personal judgment, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, phantasmagoria, phenomenon, phonism, photism, photopia, pick out, pile, piles, pipe, place, point, point at, point of view, point to, pomp, popular belief, position, posture, pot, power, power of sight, present, presentation, presumption, prevailing belief, preview, prodigy, prospect, psychedelic show, public belief, public opinion, purview, quick sight, quite a little, quite a thing, raft, rafts, range, rare, rarity, reaction, receptor, recognize, reference system, regard, remark, remote, representation, respect, riverscape, rod vision, scads, scan, scape, scarecrow, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scope of vision, scotopia, seascape, see, seeing, sensation, sense of sight, sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, sentiment, set, shifting scene, shocking, show, side, sidelong look, sight on, sightedness, sighthole, sightliness, situation, sixth sense, skyscape, slant, slew, slews, sly look, smell, something else, spate, spectacle, spot, spy, stack, stacks, stage show, stance, stand, standpoint, stunner, survey, sweep, synesthesia, system, tableau, tableau vivant, take aim, take in, taste, teratism, theory, thinking, thought, tidy sum, touch, townscape, train, train upon, turn, turn upon, twig, twilight vision, ugly duckling, universe, unobstructed vision, unreal, unseeable, unusual, view, viewfinder, viewpoint, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, wad, wads, waterscape, way of thinking, whole slew, witch, witness, wonder, wonderful thing, wonderment

Etymology
sihþ:

Noun

 * Afrikaans: sig
 * Ancient Greek: ὄψις
 * Arabic:
 * Basque: ikusmen
 * Catalan: vista
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 視力, 视力, 視覺, 视觉,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: gezichtsvermogen
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Old French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ראייה (re'iya)
 * Hungarian: látás
 * Indonesian: tampak
 * Indonesian: tampak


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 시력
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: visus
 * Latvian: redze
 * Lithuanian: regėjimas, rega
 * Malayalam: കാഴ്ച്ച, ദൃഷ്ഠി
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: దృష్టి (drushti), చూపు
 * Turkish: Görünür
 * Vietnamese: thị lực, sức nhìn
 * Volapük: logasien


 * Afrikaans: gesig, aanskouing
 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: näköala, näkökenttä
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: दर्शन
 * Hungarian: látvány
 * Indonesian: nampak
 * Indonesian: nampak


 * Italian:
 * Latin: visus
 * Malayalam: കാഴ്ച്ച
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: vidik, prizor
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: anblick, syn, åsyn,
 * Turkish: Görünür
 * Vietnamese: tầm nhìn


 * Afrikaans: besienswaardigheid, besigtigheid
 * Arabic: منظر يستحق المشاهدة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 景色
 * Danish: seværdighed
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: אתר (atar)
 * Hungarian: látnivaló


 * Italian:
 * Polish: atrakcja turystyczna
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: vidik, prizor
 * Spanish: lugar de interés, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: దృశ్యము (drushyamu)
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: visier
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 瞄準鏡, 瞄准镜
 * Danish: sigte
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hebrew: כוונת (kavenet)
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: sikte

Verb

 * Afrikaans: sien
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 보다 (boda)


 * Polish: dojrzeć, zobaczyć
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: увидеть (uvídet’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: nhìn thấy


 * Afrikaans: sien
 * Finnish: saada näkyviinsä
 * French:
 * German: erblicken
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 보다 (boda)


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: увидеть (uvídet’); заметить (zamétit’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: få syn på, sikta


 * Afrikaans: korrel, mik
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 겨누다 (gyeonuda)


 * Polish: celować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: целиться (tsélit’sja)
 * Swedish: sikta

Anagrams

 * ghits