open-eyed

[oh-puhn-ahyd] / ˈoʊ pənˈaɪd /

ADJECTIVE

alert

Synonyms

WEAK

active all ears bright cagey careful circumspect clever fast on the draw good hands heads up heedful hip intelligent jazzed observant on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout on the qui vive perceptive psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited switched on vigilant wakeful wary watchful wide-awake wired wise with it

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It’s like any love; you have to be open-eyed about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

But we need to be open-eyed about what renewables — whether hydro, wind or solar — can actually produce.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

So it was just being open-eyed about who we are as Americans and looking at our history and learning from it.

From Fox News • Jun. 20, 2020

“The health care system is complex, and we enter into this challenge open-eyed about the degree of difficulty,” Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive, said in a statement.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2018

The young kids were mystified by this and stood open-eyed, watching.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

open-eyed

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