farsightedness
noun
farsightedness is a noun meaning “The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-S-I-G-H-T-E-D-N-E-S-S and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does farsightedness mean?
noun
- 1
The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
- 2
The quality of being considerate regarding events that may occur in the future.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farsightedness?
- US
Farsightedness has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-farsightedness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of farsightedness
- far-sightedness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farsightedness?
Farsightedness appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Farsightedness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hypermétropie |
| German | Weitsichtigkeit , Weitblick, Weitsicht |
| Portuguese | hipermetropia |
| Spanish | hipermetropía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does farsightedness come from?
From farsighted + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).