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sight

/saɪt/noun, verb1 syllable

Sight means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for sight48

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle
and 12 more, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in the ability to see; the visual faculty

vision, visual sense, visual modality

noun, as in the act of looking or seeing or observing

view, survey

noun, as in the range of vision

ken

verb, as in catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes

spy

also used for sight

perception, eyesight, peep sight, scope, brimful, load, ton, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, determination, mind

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What does sight mean?10

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

the ability to see; the visual faculty

3

the act of looking or seeing or observing“he tried to get a better view of it”

4

the range of vision“out of sight of land”

5

an instance of visual perception“the sight of his wife brought him back to reality”

6

anything that is seen“he was a familiar sight on the television”

7

a range of mental vision“in his sight, she could do no wrong”

8

a place of interest, especially to visitors“we spent a week in Rome looking at all the sights”

verb

1

catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes“he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge”

2

take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sight?45

three syllables

overnight
Show 40 near rhymes
ibymyliketimewhylifewhilefindhightimeslivesidetrylinefivekindguysmindguynicebuychildbehindsometimestypeoutsidefinepricewifeeyesdiedinsiderightsdesignjulytriedprovidedrivesize

All 45 rhymes for sight, grouped by syllable

Sight in a sentence

  • Once out of sight of the house, he began to run.CK
  • I know him by name, but not by sight.CK
  • At the sight of the dog, the cat ran off.CM
  • I know him by sight, but not by name.CK
  • When he arrived at the bus stop, the bus was already out of sight.CK
  • As soon as he caught sight of a policeman, he ran away.CM
  • The moment he caught sight of me, he ran away.CK
  • Brave man as he was, he recoiled at the sight.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of sight

as a noun

plural
sights

as a verb

past tense
sighted
present participle
sighting
third-person singular
sights
past participle
sighted