eagle eye
Keen visual acuity
Eagle eye refers to exceptionally keen vision or the ability to notice small details that others might miss.
Someone with an eagle eye catches errors, spots distant objects, or observes subtle changes that escape ordinary attention.
She kept an eagle eye on the children at the pool.
His eagle eye caught the typo that three proofreaders had missed.
The term derives from the bird's legendary visual acuity, which allows it to spot prey from great heights.
Carefully attentive, observant
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- sentinelGuard who monitors
lookout · scanning · oversight · patrol · guardian · sentry · spying · scrutinizing
Sharp or enthusiastic
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- discerningHaving keen judgment
penetrating · piercing · clear-sighted · observant · noticing · detecting · spotting · catching
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
- keennessSharpness of perception
- clarityState of being understandable
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
20/20 · vision · sight · visual · razor-sharp · exceptional · superior · uncanny
Gathered or intensified
- intenseExtreme in degree
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- laser-focusedExtremely concentrated attention
fixed · unblinking · intent · absorbed · riveted · trained · honed · targeted
Showing extreme attention to detail
- detailedFull of specifics
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- exactingDemanding great care
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
painstaking · careful · precise · analytical · critical · examining · inspecting · probing
watchful
Carefully attentive, observant
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
sentinel · lookout · scanning · oversight · patrol · guardian · sentry · spying · scrutinizing · observing
keen
Sharp or enthusiastic
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- perceptiveQuick to understand
discerning · penetrating · piercing · clear-sighted · observant · noticing · detecting · spotting · catching · seeing
sharpness
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
accuracy · 20/20 · vision · sight · visual · razor-sharp · exceptional · superior · uncanny · remarkable
concentrated
Gathered or intensified
- intenseExtreme in degree
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
laser-focused · fixed · unblinking · intent · absorbed · riveted · trained · honed · targeted · pinpointed
meticulous
Showing extreme attention to detail
rigorous · painstaking · careful · precise · analytical · critical · examining · inspecting · probing · investigating
- bird expressionsearly bird, birdbrain, bird brain, lovebirds, jailbird
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
- acuityvisual acuity, sharpness, keenness, acuity, mental acuity
- animal visioncat eyes, compound eyes, cornea, depth perception, fovea
eagle eyeblind eye
Chosen unseeing
poor eyesight · poor vision · blindness · blind as a bat · nearsightedness
eagle eyeobliviousness
Lack of awareness
inattention · oblivious · unobservant · inattentiveness · carelessness
eye, eyeball, eagle, eyelash, eyesight, eyed, eyelid, eyeglasses, eagles