eagle-eyed

adjective

Definition of eagle-eyednext
as in watchful
having unusually keen vision my eagle-eyed aunt quickly spotted my contact lens on the floor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eagle-eyed
  1. watchful
  2. sharp-eyed
  3. observant
Adjective
  • The teen has grown up largely out of the public and under the watchful eye of Williams, 44.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Onlookers captured them interacting and throwing paper planes at one another, all under the watchful eye of the Tillman’s menacing Milchick.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of watchful
Adjective
  • He is helped by the sharp-eyed editing of Benjamin Rodriguez, Jr., and the variety of Andrew Wonder’s cinematography.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • While play continued, Rossi popped the bonus puck between goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy’s skates for what sharp-eyed fans at that end of the rink thought was a goal.
    Jess Myers, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of sharp-eyed
Adjective
  • And Heller, a confidently empathetic director who can make an observant frame feel like a hug, wisely avoids traps like demonizing the child (winningly played by twins Emmett and Arleigh Snowden) or setting up McNairy’s hapless dad simply to be a marital punchline.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Ko belongs to a group of observant Jews who came together for prayer after October 7th, feeling out of step with Jewish institutions.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of observant
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eagerness

eagle-eyed

ear

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