Synonyms for hearing
- noun
- adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
The sense used to perceive sound.
My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.
- adj. 1
Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- hearings → earshots, listenings, auditions, ears…
Choose the right word
We may hear without listening, as words suddenly uttered in an adjoining room; or we may listen without hearing, as to a distant speaker.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- earshot Tom began to talk as soon as Mary was out of earshot.
- trial Some believed Nixon should have been put on trial.
- listening Apart from sports, I like listening to jazz music.
- ear You're taking the wrong sow by the ear there, pal!
By length
- 3 letters
- ear1
- 5 letters
- sound1, trial2
- 6 letters
- audile
- 7 letters
- audible3, earshot2
- 8 letters
- audience3, acoustic3, audition3, earreach
- 9 letters
- listening3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trial2 = 2 syllables).