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

A farsighted former history teacher named Will Fitzhugh has been publishing long and deep high school papers for 34 years.

From Washington Post

When Pride season comes to an end, farsighted companies will cease the 11-month hibernation, and will use 2021 to create a holistic approach to the LGBTQ consumer, talking to them throughout the year.

From Washington Blade

Is this neurosis, narcissism, or the farsighted wisdom that allows a fellow to win three hundred games?

From The Daily Beast

He has received international recognition for his expertise and farsighted contributions to the mobile industry since 2005.

From The Daily Beast

Philopœmen was farsighted enough to see from the beginning that the Roman alliance would prove bad for Greece.

From Project Gutenberg

The farsighted Indian had destroyed the trail made by the one who lived as he had crept from the scene.

From Project Gutenberg

Does he not consider them as farsighted and energetic as the others he has pompously mentioned with such childish illusion.

From Project Gutenberg

The eyeball of a farsighted person is very short, and the retina is too close to the crystalline lens.

From Project Gutenberg

Farsighted, purposeful Germany fought four and a half years upon the strength of great power plants run by the snows of the Alps.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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