eagle eyes

Nothing escapes them

Eagle eyes are exceptionally sharp vision or keen powers of observation.

Someone with eagle eyes notices details others miss—a typo in a document, a shoplifter in a crowd, a deer camouflaged in brush.

The phrase invokes the bird's legendary visual acuity.

As an adjective, eagle-eyed: The eagle-eyed editor caught every mistake.

Related

perceptiveness · penetrating · under the microscope · vision · observation · fine print · watchfulness · discernment · alertness · scrutiny · sharp-sightedness · vigilance · raptor · sharpness · farsightedness · clarity · binocular vision · attentiveness

Opposites
visual acuity

eagle eyesblind

Lacking the sense of sight

blind as a bat · poor eyesight · poor vision · dim-sighted · legally blind

observational attentiveness

eagle eyesoblivious

Lacking any awareness

unobservant · inattentive · obliviousness · dull-eyed · unperceptive

Family

eagle, eyes, eagles, eye, eyed, eyeing, eyeless, eyelet, eyelets

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G