hindsight
English
/ˈhaɪndsaɪt/
noun
Definitions
- Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred
- (rare) The rear sight of a firearm
Etymology
Compound from English hind (behind, A servant, especially an agricultural labourer) + English sight.
Origin
English
sight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterhind English
- ahind English
- ahint English
- backsight English
- behind English
- blindsight English
- bombsight English
- boresight English
- daysight English
- desight English
- eyesight English
- farsight English
- foresight English
- gunsight English
- heinie English
- hind English
- hind teat English
- hind tit English
- hindberry English
- hindbrain English
- hindcloth English
- hindcrown English
- hindfoot English
- hindgut English
- hindhead English
- hindlook English
- hindmilk English
- hindmost English
- hindneck English
- hindpocket English
- hindquarter English
- hindside English
- hindsightly English
- hindthought English
- hindward English
- hindwards English
- hindwater English
- hindwing English
- insight English
- mindsight English
- missight English
- onsight English
- outsight English
- oversight English
- oversightly English
- oxhind English
- rearsight English
- resight English
- see English
- sight English
- sight-reader English
- sightability English
- sightable English
- sighten English
- sighter English
- sightful English
- sightholder English
- sighthole English
- sighthound English
- sightless English
- sightline English
- sightly English
- sightproof English
- sightscreen English
- sightseeing English
- sightseer English
- sightsman English
- sightwise English
- supersight English
- unsight English
- unsightable English
- hinde Middle English
- siȝht Middle English
- see
- hind
- ahint
- sight
- ahind
- oxhind
- behind
- heinie
- unsight
- insight
- hindgut
- onsight
- sighten
- desight
- sighter
- sightly
- resight
- hindmilk
- hindfoot
- daysight
- sightful
- eyesight
- hindmost
- hindneck
- farsight
- hindside
- hindward
- hind tit
- hindhead
- hindwing
- hindlook
- gunsight
- missight
- outsight
- oversight
- boresight
- foresight
- backsight
- hind teat
- hindwards
- sightsman
- hindberry
- hindcloth
- mindsight
- sightable
- hindcrown
- sighthole
- hindwater
- sightless
- hindbrain
- afterhind
- sightseer
- sightline
- sightwise
- rearsight
- bombsight
- supersight
- sightproof
- blindsight
- hindpocket
- sighthound
- sightseeing
- hindsightly
- unsightable
- hindthought
- sightholder
- sightscreen
- hindquarter
- oversightly
- sight-reader
- sightability