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