Home › Words › S › sightsmansightsmansightsman · noun — A sight-reader.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sightsman ranks #15,939 of 42,862 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sight + -s- + man.nounA sight-reader.e.g.“[…] indeed the lessons are evidently the production of a man who either never knew, or has forgotten, the elementary steps and helps necessary to make the future sightsman.” — 1842, The Musical World, volume 17, page 268:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sawist 56% match — Someone who plays a musical saw. vs sightsman →sighted 54% match — Having vision, not blind. vs sightsman →visualist 54% match — A person with a strong visual sense. vs sightsman →routiner 52% match — A jazz musician who plays by ear (i.e. not using sheet music, but rather following along with the band and memorizing music when needed). vs sightsman →sightability 51% match — The condition or extent of being sightable vs sightsman →sightline 51% match — A line between an observer or a piece of optical equipment and an object of interest; line of sight. vs sightsman →sightable 50% match — Capable of being sighted; visible from a vantage point vs sightsman →instrumentist 50% match — A performer on a musical instrument. vs sightsman →