Antonyms for sight

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : sahyt

Phonetic Transcription : saɪt

Definition of sight

Origin : Old English sihð, gesiht, gesihð "thing seen; faculty of sight; aspect; vision; apparition," from Proto-Germanic *sekh(w)- (cf. Danish sigte, Swedish sigt, Middle Dutch sicht, Dutch zicht, Old High German siht, German Sicht, Gesicht), stem that also yielded Old English seon (see see (v.)), with noun suffix -th (2), later -t.
Verily, truth is sight. Therefore if two people should come disputing, saying, 'I have seen,' 'I have heard,' we should trust the one who says 'I have seen.' [Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 5.14.4]
Meaning "perception or apprehension by means of the eyes" is from early 13c. Meaning "device on a firearm to assist in aiming" is from 1580s. A "show" of something, hence, colloquially, "a great many; a lot" (late 14c.). Sight for sore eyes "welcome visitor" is attested from 1738; sight unseen "without previous inspection" is from 1892. Sight gag first attested 1944. Middle English had sighty (late 14c.) "visible, conspicuous; bright, shining; attractive, handsome;" c.1400 as "keen-sighted;" mid-15c. as "discerning" (cf. German sichtig "visible").

noun ability to perceive with eyes
noun spectacle
noun horrifying person or thing
verb see

Example sentences :

She had left these two boys, unwelcome appendages in his sight.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

She'd marry me—she'd marry you, if you was the best thing in sight.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

It would be pleasanter inland, but we must be near the shore, so as to be in sight of ships.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

There was no one in sight, but it was evident that a party from an American ship had visited the island.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

They stopped short in surprise at the sight of Robert and Bates.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

To the North, South, and East nothing but spinifex sand-hills in sight.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

As for my brother, he seemed enchanted with the sight, and especially with the ladies.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

From the camp only plains were in sight, not a tree visible.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

I can see the dominoes with my fingers—touch is just as good as sight.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

As the boat floated on, every sight and sound appeared strange.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Synonyms for sight

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