in sight

Examples

• All

• There were beautiful flowers in sight during our hike through the garden.

• Soon, the company came in sight, and they certainly presented an imposing appearance.

  Academic text (2006)

• It's in sight of all the houses.

  Home Alone 3 (1997)

• Roger that, you have target area in sight.

  Land of Bad (2024)

• We were on an open road, without a tree in sight big enough to offer shade.

  Academic text (2009)

• The station itself was now in sight, seen from below and rapidly approaching.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Riley found a parking place in sight of the warehouse and killed the engine.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Target in sight.

  Rescue Dawn (2007)

• Enemy in sight.

  Don't Look Now (1973)

• Gradually, the resort hotel came back in sight, surrounded by palm trees and thatched beach umbrellas.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

V

visible

vsin sight

398 1.0

Easy to see or notice

is about being within distance where something can be seen rather than general notice

I

in plain sight

vsin sight

38 2.7

Easily seen because it is not hidden

is about being within distance rather than stressing lack of concealment

I

in view

vsin sight

11 1.0

Close enough to be seen

is the same meaning but uses a different phrasing

V

viewable

vsin sight

2 3.4

Able to be seen on a screen or in a place

is about being actually within distance to be seen rather than mere ability

S

seeable

vsin sight

1 3.7

Something you can notice with your eyes

is about being seen now within distance rather than possible perception

Antonyms

I

invisible

218 3.7

Not able to be seen with the naked eye

O

out of sight

12 3.4

Kept where you cannot see it

How Visible

in plain sight

38 2.7

in sight

159 1.0

hidden

125 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology