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Nov 7, 2009
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Synonyms for sight

Noun

1. sight, visual percept, visual image
usage: an instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight"
2. sight, display
usage: anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights"
3. sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality, modality, sense modality, sensory system, exteroception
usage: the ability to see; the faculty of vision
4. sight, optical instrument
usage: a optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
5. sight, position, view, perspective
usage: a range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong"
6. sight, ken, compass, range, reach, grasp
usage: the range of vision; "out of sight of land"
7. view, survey, sight, look, looking, looking at
usage: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
8. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
usage: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"

Verb

1. sight, perceive, comprehend
usage: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
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