🏈 A person from Iowa 🦅 A sharp observer

hawkeye

hawkeye

8.6

A person who notices small details that others miss

noun
/ˈhɔːˌkaɪ/

: observador

With his hawkeye, he noticed the tiny discrepancies in the financial report.

Examples

She has a hawkeye for spotting typos in documents before they go to print.
He had a hawkeye for detail work on drop-cap lettering and the art that once led chapter heads in books.

Academic text (2005)
Being a hawkeye, she could easily see the subtle changes in her friend's mood.

Synonyms

spotter

vshawkeye

21 4.4

A person who watches closely and reports storms, dangers, or animal sightings

is about noticing tiny details broadly rather than only watching for danger

hawkshaw

vshawkeye

Archaic

9.9

A person who watches carefully to find out what happened

is a general observer who notices small details others miss

Antonyms

oblivious

76 6.3

Not noticing what happens around you

inattentive

5 5.3

Does not notice what is happening or small details

Compounds

Hawkeye State

US

1 7.8

A nickname for the state of Iowa in the United States

How Observant

hawkeye

8.6

perceptive

43 5.5

observant

35 3.9

attentive

61 3.0

observer

305 2.8

Surface Forms

hawkeye singular

hawkeyes plural

Morphology

hawkeye = hawk + eye (transparent) = hawk + eye

Clear metaphorical compounding: a hawk's keen sight + 'eye' yields the meaning 'very observant person'.

Etymology

Hawkeye comes from the idea of a hawk's very sharp eye, so a 'hawkeye' is someone who notices small details that others miss.