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| Main Entry: | sight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see |
| Synonyms: | behold, discern, distinguish, make out*, observe, perceive, spot, view, witness, eyeball |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Antonyms: | be blind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive with eyes |
| Synonyms: | appearance, apprehension, eye, eyesight, field of vision, ken, perception, seeing, view, visibility, vision, afterimage, apperception, eyes, eyeshot, range of vision, viewing |
| Antonyms: | blindness |
| Main Entry: | sight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spectacle |
| Synonyms: | display, exhibit, exhibition, outlook, pageant, parade, scene, show, view, vista, point of interest |
| Main Entry: | sight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horrifying person or thing |
| Synonyms: | blot, eyesore, fright, mess, monstrosity, ogre, slob, spectacle, tramp, ogress, scarecrow |
| Antonyms: | beauty |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | sight |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blister, bloom*, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, imperfection, impurity, lump, mark, mole, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, zit*, beauty spot, blackhead, blot on the landscape, cicatrix, disfigurement, hickey, lentigo, macula, maculation, nevus, nodule, speckle, whitehead |
| Antonyms: | adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disease; plague |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bane, canker, contamination, corruption, curse, decay, dump, evil, eyesore, mildew, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, scourge, sight, withering, woe, blot on the landscape, fungus, infestation |
| Antonyms: | blessing, boon, health, prosperity |
| Main Entry: | exhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | showing, demonstration |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, carnival, display, exhibit, exposition, fair, fireworks, flash*, front*, manifestation, offering, pageant, performance, presentation, representation, show, sight, spectacle, a scene, airing, an act, expo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eyesight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vision |
| Synonyms: | perceiving, perception, seeing, sight, view, optics, range of view |
| Main Entry: | eyesore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, ugliness |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, blemish, blight, blot, deformity, disgrace, distortion, dump, horror, monstrosity, sight, blot on landscape, disfigurement, ugly thing |
| Antonyms: | beauty, eyeful, sight |
| Main Entry: | glimpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief look |
| Synonyms: | eye, flash*, glance, gun*, impression, lamp*, peek, peep, sight, slant, squint, swivel*, eyeball, gander, glom, look-see, quick look, sighting |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glimpse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look briefly |
| Synonyms: | check out, descry, espy, eye, flash, peek, sight, spot, spy, take in*, view, catch sight of, get a load of, get an eyeful, take a gander |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ken |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perception |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehension, attention, attitude, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, concept, consciousness, grasp, idea, impression, insight, judgment, knowledge, light, notion, picture, realizing, recognition, sense, sight, understanding, vision, apprehending |
| Main Entry: | peek/peep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sneaked look |
| Synonyms: | blink, glance, glimpse, sight, gander, look-see |
| Main Entry: | phenomenon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rare occurrence; wonder |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, actuality, anomaly, appearance, aspect, circumstance, curiosity, episode, event, exception, experience, fact, happening, incident, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, paradox, peculiarity, portent, prodigy, rarity, reality, sensation, sight, spectacle, one for the books, rara avis, something else, stunner, uniqueness |
| Antonyms: | normality, regularity |
| Main Entry: | spectacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something showy; exhibition |
| Synonyms: | comedy, curiosity, demonstration, display, drama, event, exposition, extravaganza, marvel, movie, pageant, parade, performance, phenomenon, play, production, representation, scene, show, sight, spectacular, tableau, view, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinariness |
| Main Entry: | vista |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | view |
| Synonyms: | field of vision, glimpse, landscape, look, outline, panorama, perspective, scene, scenery, sight, vision, seascape |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, bump into*, collar*, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, ferret out, identify, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, sight, spot, strike, turn up*, uncover, unearth, arrive at, chance upon, dig up, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, lay fingers on, light upon, run across, run into, scare up, smoke out, stumble upon, track down, trip on |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss, pass by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief look |
| Synonyms: | eye*, flash*, glimpse, lamp*, look, peek, peep, sight, slant*, squint, swivel*, view, eyeball, fleeting look, gander, look-see, quick look |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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