in sight
Within viewing range
In sight means visible or within view: The ship came in sight just before dawn.
It extends to things approaching or nearly achieved: Victory is finally in sight, With the end in sight, she pushed harder.
The phrase often pairs with prepositions: in sight of land, keep the goal in sight.
Not to be confused with insight, which means understanding.
- apparentClearly seen or understood
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- clear as dayCompletely obvious, undeniable
- visibleAble to be seen
nearby · perceivable · observable · evident · achievable · imminent · within reach · approaching · attainable · in the offing · on the horizon · looming · around the corner · just around the bend · feasible · close · realizable · manifest
- exposedbare, uncovered, revealed, visible, exposed
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- within reachclose, nearby, near, handy, accessible
in sightnowhere in sight
Utterly invisible, cannot locate
distant · far off · nowhere near · nowhere to be seen · out of reach
in sightunknown
Not yet discovered
undetected · unnoticed · off the radar · under the radar · unrecognized