Keen-sighted
adj.thoughtful, capableformal
What it means
Highly perceptive and quick to recognize important details.
Reach for it when praising accurate observation and the judgment drawn from it
The keen-sighted mediator noticed that both proposals protected the same priority.
Choose between these
6- playful
exceptional visual attention is the literal strength
not when The metaphor is conspicuous and unsuitable for restrained professional prose.
- playful
sharp-eyed
quick visual detection deserves lively praise
not when Sharp-eyed feels jaunty in a sober technical assessment.
- everyday
small facts are reliably noticed
not when Observant establishes attention without proving sound interpretation.
- warm
the observation reveals a deeper pattern
not when Insightful can describe one idea without showing consistently keen perception.
- professional
someone understands the significance behind details
not when Perceptive may rely on emotional insight rather than close visual observation.
- formal
good judgment separates meaningful differences
not when Discerning emphasizes evaluation more than initial noticing.
Said against
3- unobservant
- obtuse
- shortsighted
It naturally appears in
3- keen-sighted observer
A keen-sighted observer found the forged date in the margin.
- keen-sighted analysis
Keen-sighted analysis exposed the assumption hidden in both forecasts.
- keen-sighted editor
The keen-sighted editor caught a contradiction between the two chapters.
Where this comes from
The exact compound lacked a standalone Wiktionary page at retrieval; the source grounds the relevant sense of keen.
Keen-sighted is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for keen, and the definition and example here are written for Keen-sighted itself.
- Wiktionary, the entry for keen, English adjective sense: intellectually acute or perceptive; compound adds sighted opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.