Home › Words › S › sightlinesightlinesightline means A line between an observer or a piece of optical equipment and an object of interest; line of sight.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sightline ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sight + line.nounA line between an observer or a piece of optical equipment and an object of interest; line of sight.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.vlos 60% match — Visual line of sight. vs sightline →sightability 58% match — The condition or extent of being sightable vs sightline →sightable 58% match — Capable of being sighted; visible from a vantage point vs sightline →eyeshot 58% match — A range of vision, a distance in which something is visible. vs sightline →sideline 57% match — A line at the side of something. vs sightline →optical 56% match — Of or relating to sight; visual. vs sightline →riflescope 55% match — A telescopic sight for a rifle. vs sightline →layline 54% match — In sailboat racing, an imaginary line extending from the objective (typically a racing mark) to indicate the point at which a boat should tack or jibe in order to clear the mark on the correct side. vs sightline →