far-sightedadj.
/ˌfɑːˈsʌɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfɑrˌsaɪdᵻd/ Furnished with a capacity for distant vision.
1. figurative. Looking far before one; forecasting, shrewd, prudent.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight
foreknowingc1374
fore-wisec1540
(a person) of a far fetch1574
forecastful1576
foresightfula1586
prescientc1599
far-sighted1641
prescious1642
foresighted1660
long-headed1665
prescientiala1699
long-sighted1701
prevoyant1785
precognizant1840
telescopic1856
far-thinking1937
precognitive1974
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision
clear1340
well-sighteda1529
clear-eyed1530
quick-sighted1542
thorough-seeing1556
quick-eyed1561
(a person) of a far fetch1574
sharpsighted1583
clear-sighted1586
perspicacious1640
far-sighted1641
clear-headed1709
pellucid1813
far-seeing1837
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > prudent > having forethought
far-sighted1641
forehanded1650
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 64 The fair, and farre-sighted eyes of his natural discerning.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 300 To man she has given understanding, far sighted faculty.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xv. 116 This far-sighted commander had..salted down..many of these birds.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xi. 303 A few far-sighted thinkers.
2. literal. Able to see objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > long-sighted
purblind1621
long-sighted1737
presbyopic1800
presbyops1802
hypermetropic1864
far-sighted1878
hyperopic1884
1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 820/1 This kind of eye is called hypermetropic, or far-sighted.
Derivatives
literal and figurative.
far-sightedly adv. in a far-sighted manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adverb]
providently1487
providentially1619
far-sightedly1861
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adverb] > prudently > with forethought
far-sightedly1861
forethoughtfully1891
1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. vii. 138 Any measure..truly, largely, and far sightedly conservative.
1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 20 June 5 The mother country must show herself farsightedly liberal.
far-sightedness n. the state of being far-sighted.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] > possession of
longsightedness1748
far-sightedness1846
foresightedness1909
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity
knowledgea1398
perspiciencec1450
clearness1535
perspicacity1548
insightc1580
perspective?a1586
subtileness1591
perspicacy1600
clarity1616
quicksightedness1625
perspicuity1662
clear-sightednessa1691
perspicaciousness1727
percipiency1845
far-sightedness1846
clairvoyance1861
X-ray scrutiny1896
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > long-sightedness
presbytia1654
long sight1737
longsightedness1748
presbyopia1767
far-sightedness1846
presbyopy1862
presbytism1863
hypermetropia1868
hyperopia1886
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought
forethoughta1400
foresight1430
forehandedness1840
far-sightedness1846
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 243/2 Verily our Prophet did well and with farsightedness in forbidding the human form..to be graven.
1881 J. Le Conte Sight 48 This defect is often called..far-sightedness.
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adj.1641