sight

Meanings

• an instance of visual perception
  • "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"
  • "the train was an unexpected sight"
• anything that is seen
  • "he was a familiar sight on the television"
  • "they went to Paris to see the sights"
• the ability to see; the visual faculty
• a range of mental vision
  • "in his sight she could do no wrong"
• the range of vision
  • "out of sight of land"
• the act of looking or seeing or observing
• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
  • "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
• take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

Synonyms

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, ken, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, slew, spate, spy, stack, survey, tidy sum, view, vision, visual modality, visual sense, wad