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out of sight

adjective

1 out of sight

Not accessible to view:
— In stormy weather the stars are out of sight.

synonyms: concealed, hidden.

Roget 473: improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild [Coll.], far out [Coll.], out of sight [Coll.], outtasight [Coll.], heavy [Coll.].    rare etc. (infrequent) 137; unheard of, ... show more

Roget 447: invisible, imperceptible; undiscernible, indiscernible; unapparent, non-apparent; out of sight, not in sight; a perte de vue [Fr.]; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; viewless, sightless; ... show more

adverb

1 out of sight

No longer visible:
— The ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight.

synonym: out of view.

2 out of sight

Quietly in concealment.

synonyms: doggo, in hiding.


phrase

Roget 460: out of sight, out of mind.   

Roget 196: distance lends enchantment" [Campbell]; it's a long long way to Tipperary;" out of sight, out of mind.   

Roget 505: manet alta mente repostum [Lat.] [Vergil]; forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit [Lat.] [Vergil]; absens haeres non erit [Lat.]; beatae memoriae [Lat.]; briefly thyself remember" [Lear]; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Lat.] [Quintilian]; memory the warder of the brain" [Macbeth]; parsque est meminisse doloris [Lat.] [Ovid]; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: OK, a bit much, abandoned, absconded, absent, ace-high, afar, afar off, away, bad, bang-up, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, beyond reach, beyond the bounds, bonzer, boss, boundless, bully, but good ... show more.

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