as in watchful
having unusually keen vision the sharp-sighted hunter spotted the deer and motioned to his companions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharp-sighted
Adjective
  • Caption with Intention has been a project in the pipeline since 2019 under the watchful eye of Bruno Mazzotti, an Executive Creative Director at FCB Chicago who, having grown up in Brazil with two deaf parents, identifies as a real-life CODA as in the 2022 Oscar-winning film of the same title.
    Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Nine other members of the American team are there, under the watchful eye of Bradley and his vice-captains.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Wojtak-Hissong will play Danny Keenan, a restless, sharp-eyed Hell’s Kitchen teenager and Officer Keenan’s son, an errand boy for the Westies despite his father’s disapproval.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Judge Paul Hollywood has been a mainstay since the very beginning, offering his signature handshakes and sharp-eyed critiques.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Cryer is similarly observant toward Sheen’s extended public meltdown, an early inflection point in the social media era in which onlookers got an exhilarating blow-by-blow of one man’s downward spiral.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • They’re perfectly matched — Julian is the quiet, observant one while Fleur is chatty, outgoing and ambitious.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Sharp-sighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharp-sighted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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