farsighted
adjective
(also mainlyUKfar-sighted)us/ˈfɑːrˌsaɪ.t̬ɪd/uk/ˌfɑːˈsaɪ.tɪd/farsightedadjective(WISE)
(UKalsolong-sighted)
having goodjudgmentabout what will beneededin thefutureand makingwisedecisionsbasedon this:
Buying thoseshareswas a very farsighted move—they must beworthtentimestheiroriginalvaluenow.
It israretofindsuch a farsighted andcourageouspolitician.
It was far-sighted toadvocatethedevelopmentof alightrailsystem.
Opposite
shortsighted
- Farsightedbrandswerequicktoestablishanonlinepresence.
- The most farsightedcompanieshave alreadybeguntorespondbyrethinkingtheiroperatingmodel.
- Hisdecisionshave sometimes beencontroversialbut have usuallyprovedfar-sighted.
Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- inkling
- instinct
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- presage
- prescience
- prescient
- prophecy
- prophesy
- second-guess
- the writing is on the wallidiom
- unreasoning
- visionary
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Wise and sensible
farsightedadjective(SEEING)
US(UKlong-sighted)
abletoseethingsclearlythat arefaraway but notclearlyseethings that are near you:
I'm so farsighted, I can'treadthenewspaperwithout myglasses.
Manychildrenareslightlyfarsighted (they cannotseecloseobjectsclearly) but don't needglasses, because they willlikelyoutgrowthecondition.
Opposite
nearsighted
- Manypeoplebecomemore farsighted withage.
- Hesquintedat thepagewith his far-sightedvision.
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- accommodative
- afterimage
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- astigmatic
- bespectacled
- bifocals
- boss-eyed
- eyestrain
- goggles
- macular degeneration
- monocular
- multifocal
- naked
- nearsightedly
- ocular
- ophthalmology
- pince-nez
- snow blindness
- sty