clear-sighted

/'kliə'saitid/

Thân thiện

A clear-sighted leader examines a detailed map with her team.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning: Having or showing an ability to accurately understand situations and people, often foreseeing consequences.
   • Having sharp clear vision: Literally, having good eyesight; able to see physical details clearly.

Usage Examples

• Mentally discerning:
  • The company needed a clear-sighted CEO to navigate the financial crisis.
  • Her clear-sighted analysis of the political landscape was invaluable.
• Having sharp vision:
  • Even at 90, his eyes were remarkably clear-sighted.
  • The clear-sighted eagle spotted its prey from a great distance.

Advanced Usage

• "Clear-sighted about": Used to indicate perceptiveness regarding a specific subject.
  • She was remarkably clear-sighted about her own strengths and weaknesses.
• "Clear-sightedness" (noun form): The quality of being clear-sighted.
  • His clear-sightedness in business matters saved the company from bankruptcy.

Variants and Related Words

• Clear-eyed (adj): Often used synonymously with the mental discernment meaning; seeing things realistically without illusion.
  • A clear-eyed assessment of the risks is necessary.
• Perspicacious (adj, formal): Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
• Farsighted (adj): Can mean having foresight (similar to the mental meaning) or, in a medical context, a condition of the eyes (hyperopia).

Synonyms

• Perceptive: Having or showing sensitive insight.
• Discerning: Showing good judgment and understanding.
• Astute: Having an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.
• Keen-sighted: Having good eyesight.

Antonyms

• Shortsighted: Lacking foresight or intellectual insight.
• Myopic: Nearsighted; also used metaphorically for a lack of long-term thinking.
• Obtuse: Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
   • too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
   • chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
   • much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
2. having sharp clear vision

Từ đồng nghĩa

• clear-eyed
• perspicacious