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Definition: Sharp-sighted |
Sharp-sightedAdjective1. Having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat". 2. Keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sharp-sighted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
Synonyms: Sharp-sightedSynonyms: argus-eyed (adj), hawk-eyed (adj), keen-sighted (adj), lynx-eyed (adj), quick-sighted (adj), sharp-eyed (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sharp-sighted |
| English words defined with "sharp-sighted": Eagle-sighted. (references) |
| "Sharp-sighted" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sharp-sighted" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "sharp-sighted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | symprehtë (lynx-eyed). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | с остро зрение, проницателен (acute, argus-eyed, astute, clairvoyant, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminating, discriminative, long-headed, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, piercing, profound, sagacious, shrewd, wise), далновиден (farseeing, longsighted, prescient, sagacious, sage). (various references) | |
Chinese | "利看见. (various references) | |
Czech | bystrozraký (clear-sighted, hawk-eyed, perspicacious). (various references) | |
Finnish | terävänäköinen (keen-sighted). (various references) | |
German | scharfsichtig (clear-sighted, keen-sighted, perceptive, perspicacious, sharp sighted), scharfäugig (keen-sighted, sharp sighted). (various references) | |
Greek | οξυκερδήσ (long sighted). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sasszemû (hawk-eyed). (various references) | |
Indonesian | berpenglihatan tajam, berpandangan tajam. (various references) | |
Italian | perspicace (acute, astute, discerning, discriminating, judicious, observant, percipient, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp witted, sharp-eyed, shrewd, subtle), dalla vista acuta (sharp-eyed). (various references) | |
Korean | 예리하 보". (various references) | |
Manx | geyre-reayrtagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arp-sightedshay.(various references) | |
Romanian | isteţ (adroit, clever, cunning, cute, fast, forward, mercurial, natty, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp, smart, spirited), iscusit (able, adroit, apt, argute, clean, clever, cute, daedal, deft, ingenious, learned, ready, skilful, skilled, skillful, workmanlike), cu privire pãtrunzãtoare. (various references) | |
Russian | зоркий (Argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, sharp-eyed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oštrovid, oštrouman (apprehensive, clever, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted). (various references) | |
Spanish | perspicaz (acute, astute, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminating, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perceptive, perceptual, percipient, perspicacious, quick-sighted, sharp, sharp witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-witted, shrewd, subtle), observador (observant, observer, onlooker, regardant, scout, sharp-eyed, spotter), de vista aguda (quick-eyed, sharp-eyed). (various references) | |
Swedish | skarpsynt (discriminating, keen-eyed, keen-sighted, perspicacious). (various references) | |
Turkish | keskin gözlü (eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed), keskin bakışlı (gimlet-eyed, quick-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спостережливий (inspective, observant, observational, observative, observing, regardant, sharp-eyed), розумний (advisable, brainy, clever, intelligent, rational, reasonable, right-minded, sapient, sensible, sharp-witted, snappy, strong-minded, tenable, understanding, well advised, wise, witty), з гострим зором, проникливий (acute, astute, cute, discerning, eagle-eyed, gleg, penetrative, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, quick-sighted, sagacious, shrewd). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tinh mắt (eagle-eyed, observant, quick-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed). (various references) | |
Welsh | llygatraff (keen-eyed). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | perspicax. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "sharp-sighted" (pronounced 'Sharp"-sight`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Bullheaded, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closefisted, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-h-h-i-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: therapsids. | |
-3 letters: graphites, hardships, headships, therapsid. | |
-4 letters: airsheds, dashiest, despairs, diasters, digraphs, disaster, dishrags, disparts, disrates, graphite, grapiest, hagrides, hardiest, hardship, harpists, harshest, headship, hipsters, parishes, pastries, phthises, piasters, piastres, pitheads, radishes, raphides, rapidest, raspiest, resights, shadiest, sharpest, sharpies, sighters, sprights, starship, thrashed, thrashes, traipsed, traipses, triphase. | |
-5 letters: ageists, agisted, aigrets, airshed, airthed, aphesis. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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