long-sighted

[lawng-sahy-tid, long-]

adjective

1. farsighted; hypermetropic.

2. having great foresight; foreseeing remote results.

long-sighted

adjective

1. related to or suffering from hyperopia

2. able to see distant objects in focus

3. having foresight

Other Word Forms

• long-sightedly adverb
• long-sightedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of long-sighted¹

First recorded in 1780–90