farsighted

[ fahr-sahy-tid, -sahy-tid ]

adjective

1. seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
2. seeing to a great distance.
3. wise, as in foreseeing future developments:

   a farsighted statesman.

   Synonyms: prescient, foresighted, perspicacious, prudent, discerning, farseeing

Other Words From

• farsighted·ly adverb
• farsighted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of farsighted¹

First recorded in 1635–45; far + sight + -ed ³

Example Sentences

They created the Garden School Foundation to support the project, which school and foundation officials believe was a farsighted decision.

From Los Angeles Times

Elon: After enjoying years of lionization as a brilliant, farsighted entrepreneur and savior of the human race, Musk found reality catching up with and outpacing the myth.

From Los Angeles Times

Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released parts of the letter, praising Israel’s recognition and its decision to consider opening a consulate in the Western Saharan city of Dakhla as “both just and farsighted.”

From New York Times

President Lincoln, a-slog in the Civil War in the summer of 1862, was still farsighted enough to sign the Pacific Railway Act for building the transcontinental railway.

From Los Angeles Times

He acts, in many ways, like the farsighted Republican president we haven’t had this century — ideological but careful, moderating his own side’s demands but still seeking its advantage.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• canny
• levelheaded
• prescient
• prudent
• shrewd
• wise