Dictionary

clear-sighted en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having sharp vision.
2. Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious.
   • Who can form even a likely guess as to what is to succeed, even the best-informed and clearest-sighted Russian, except as to his own immediate neighborhood? The proceedings of one neighborhood cannot in the least be inferred from those of another. 1905 December 8, “The Russian Empire—and After?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025:
   • Even the clearer-sighted prisoners make their own compromises with reality. An amiable artist (Lon Huber) had left his hiding place for a walk even though he knew the danger, while the best-informed of the lot, a Marxist electrician (Tim O’Hare), lives his own life as a historical abstraction amid a larger class struggle. 1995 December 13, Philip Brandes, “Theater Review: Strong Ensemble Delivers Powerful ‘Incident at Vichy’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021:
   • Eventually, in 1970, at a Meeting in Aberdeen, he appeared drunk and stated that his word was of such consequence that the Bible was no longer necessary - a bombshell that caused a number of clearer-sighted Brethren to protest and break away. 2007 June 2, Rosie Strode, “I was brought up in the exclusive brethren”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2014:

Forms

Deriveds

clear-sightedness

Relateds

clairvoyant

Synonyms

clear-eyed

Translations (12)

ro văz ascuțit (perceptive or discerning) · or ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ (perceptive or discerning) · sa विचक्षण (perceptive or discerning) · bg проницателен (perceptive or discerning) · ro văz ascuțit (having sharp vision) · sa विचक्षण (having sharp vision) · el οξυδερκής (having sharp vision) · el οξυδερκής (perceptive or discerning) · hi विचक्षण (having sharp vision) · bg проницателен (having sharp vision) · or ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ (having sharp vision) · hi विचक्षण (perceptive or discerning)