farsighted

[ fahr-sahy-tid, -sahy-tid ]

/ ˈfɑrˈsaɪ tɪd, -ˌsaɪ tɪd /

seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.

seeing to a great distance.

wise, as in foreseeing future developments: a farsighted statesman.

Origin of farsighted

First recorded in 1635–45; far + sight + -ed³

3 foresighted, farseeing, prescient, discerning, prudent, perspicacious.

far·sight·ed·ly, adverb far·sight·ed·ness, noun

farrow, farruca, fars, farseeing, farsi, farsighted, farsightedness, fart, farther, farthermost, farthest

Is this neurosis, narcissism, or the farsighted wisdom that allows a fellow to win three hundred games?

Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up |Tom Boswell |September 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He has received international recognition for his expertise and farsighted contributions to the mobile industry since 2005.

Reboot America! Participants |The Daily Beast |September 24, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Philopœmen was farsighted enough to see from the beginning that the Roman alliance would prove bad for Greece.

The Story of the Greeks |H. A. Guerber
Mr. Jefferson's instructions to the young officer showed his own farsighted earnestness.

Lewis and Clark |William R. Lighton

Does he not consider them as farsighted and energetic as the others he has pompously mentioned with such childish illusion.

England, Canada and the Great War |Louis-Georges Desjardins
The immediate return for the untrained girl is far less, but the farsighted girl must learn to look beyond the immediate present.

Vocational Guidance for Girls |Marguerite Stockman Dickson
The eyeball of a farsighted person is very short, and the retina is too close to the crystalline lens.

General Science |Bertha M. Clark

farsighted

Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.

Capable of seeing to a great distance.