farsighted
farsighted Lexical Profile
farsighted Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Showing wise, prudent judgment and imagination by planning ahead and anticipating future needs or developments.
"The city council made a farsighted decision by investing in public transit infrastructure decades before the population boom."
North American Able to see distant objects clearly while close objects appear blurry, due to light rays focusing behind the retina.
"Because he is farsighted, he can easily read highway signs from a distance but needs reading glasses for books."
Word Nuance & Usage
In American English, 'farsighted' refers both to the optical condition of seeing distant objects clearly and to the figurative quality of having good judgment for the future; in British English, 'long-sighted' is the standard term for the optical sense, while 'far-sighted' (usually hyphenated) is used for the figurative sense.