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Synonyms for hearken

  • verb

Most common

listen heed give heed hark

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Verb

1. Listen — to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience

listen, hark, heed, hear, give heed, obey, attend

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.

Related words

Phrases
hearken back
Other spellings
harken US

Forms

Past participle
hearkened
e.g. hearkened → listened, harked, heeded, heard…

Example sentences

  • listen I have no time to listen to such everyday affairs.
  • heed Everyone must heed what the United Nations says.
  • hark Hark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hearkenrising
listenrising
heedrising
harksteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hear1, obey2, heed1, hark1
6 letters
listen2, attend2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obey2 = 2 syllables).