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sighted

sighted

1.3
A person who can see
  • adjective
  • /ˈsaɪtɪd/
translation icon : vidente
  • The museum offers guided tours specifically designed for sighted visitors.

And that's that people do it to make sighted people feel more comfortable.

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Examples

  • And I, I spoke to the man and I said, look, you can't be angry with your wife any more than a blind man can be angry with a sighted person.

  • OK, so this is now the sighted control subjects looking at visual stimuli.

  • And that's that people do it to make sighted people feel more comfortable.

  • It's an elaboration based on a lecture about quantum field theory by David Tong, who I'm sure is thrilled to be sighted in this groundbreaking work.

  • As a sighted person, I often take for granted the ability to see the beauty around me.

  • Many sighted individuals volunteered to help teach blind children how to navigate their surroundings.

Synonyms

seeing
vssighted
1.0

Able to notice things with the eyes

is the same meaning but used in a different word form

Antonyms

520 1.0

Unable to see because of illness, injury, or from birth

Compounds

Unable to see things clearly because you have weak eyes

Seeing very well even from far away

Quick to notice small changes or details that others miss

Able to see small things very clearly

Quick to notice and understand small details

How Sighted

eagle-eyed
1 6.3
sighted
1.3
blind
520 1.0

Surface Forms

sighted positive

Morphology

sighted = sight (transparent) = sight + ed

The adjective 'sighted' is transparently derived from the noun 'sight' with the addition of the suffix '-ed', indicating possession of the ability to see.

Etymology

The word sighted comes from an old English word sight, which means 'to see' or 'vision' and is the same root as the everyday word see. So sighted simply describes someone who is able to see, not blind.