at first sight

Speech parts

1. at first sight - Adverb

2. at first sight - Phrase

Meaning

after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect

on first seeing (someone or something); immediately

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

at first glance on the face of it probably possibly apparently seemingly evidently ostensibly externally prima facie superficially outwardly professedly appearing presumably
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Antonyms

within inside internally inwardly dubiously at bottom
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Examples

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight. Natalie Clifford Barney

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners. Alexis de Tocqueville

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Anthony Powell

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. Karl Marx

A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter. Lois McMaster Bujold

I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems. Keanu Reeves

Words in the phrase

at first sight

Close letter words and terms

at first hand at first instance at first light at floor level at full bore at full force