eagle-eyed

Examples

• All

• When the milkman's horse dropped a load of manure in the street, some eagle-eyed lady would dash out of her house and scoop up the steaming pile for her cherished roses.

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• Thanks to an eagle-eyed Metal Sucks reader, we now know what the back of the jacket looks like.

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• But Speaking of Christmas, the eagle eyed among you might have noticed my T-shirt.

  Dr. Becky

• Morison's Columbus is an eagle-eyed sailor of redoubtable ability and signal purpose.

  Academic text (1992)

• Editor's note: As was pointed out to me by one of my trusted and eagle-eyed readers, I made the grave mistake of taking the recording date on the tape box at face value.

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• A less eagle-eyed or curious viewer may not have noticed this tiny but important detail: the makeup department created a plug that fit over Peter Hinwood's belly button to hide it from view during filming.

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• Vent 1, eagle-eyed as always, sensed something was wrong—and slapped his hand over Vent 24's mouth just in time.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The eagle-eyed detective noticed the small clue that everyone else overlooked.

• The eagle-eyed scientist quickly identified the error in the data analysis from far away.

Synonyms

O

observant

vseagle-eyed

35 3.9

Quick to notice small details and things around you

is more about exceptional distant eyesight rather than general attentiveness

S

sharp-eyed

vseagle-eyed

3 4.1

Able to see small things and notice small changes quickly

is more about exceptional long distance noticing rather than speed

O

open-eyed

vseagle-eyed

1 5.2

Aware of possible danger or change

focuses on exceptional long distance sight rather than cautious attention

K

keen-eyed

vseagle-eyed

1 5.8

Able to see small details clearly

also includes seeing far distances not only noticing tiny details

K

keen-sighted

vseagle-eyed

5.9

Seeing very well even from far away

focuses also on spotting small close details as well as distant ones

F

farseeing

vseagle-eyed

7.6

Able to see things that are far away

also includes sharp vision for small nearby details not only distant view

L

lynx-eyed

vseagle-eyed

9.2

Able to see very small details with sharp eyesight

is more about spotting distant details rather than tiny close ones

H

hawk-eyed

vseagle-eyed

6.1

Able to notice small things quickly

focuses on distant spotting and long range sight rather than quickness

S

sharp-sighted

vseagle-eyed

5.2

Quick to notice and understand small details

is about literal distant eyesight rather than general perception

Q

quick-sighted

vseagle-eyed

6.0

Quick to notice small changes or details that others miss

is more about exceptional long distance sight than quick noticing

C

clear-sighted

vseagle-eyed

4.7

A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away

emphasizes exceptional long distance or detail spotting beyond mere clarity

A

argus-eyed

vseagle-eyed

• Literature

9.9

Watchful and careful to notice danger or mistakes

is about exceptionally keen visual detail and distant spotting instead

Antonyms

B

blind

520 1.0

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

N

nearsighted

• US

11 3.8

Cannot see distant objects clearly and can see close objects well

How Observant

eagle-eyed

1 6.3

sharp-eyed

3 4.1

observant

35 3.9

watchful

37 3.2

attentive

61 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology