auditory

¹au·di·to·ry

noun \ˈȯ-də-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of AUDITORY

1

archaic : audience

2

archaic : auditorium

Origin of AUDITORY

Middle English auditorie, from Latin auditorium

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with AUDITORY

a priori, allegory, amatory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori

²auditory

adjective

Definition of AUDITORY

: of, relating to, or experienced through hearing <auditory stimuli>

— au·di·to·ri·ly adverb

Examples of AUDITORY

1. The patient has damage to the auditory nerve.
2. <I have a bad auditory memory—unless I see a word in writing, and not just hear it, I forget it easily.>

Origin of AUDITORY

Late Latin auditorius

First Known Use: 1578

Related to AUDITORY

Synonyms

acoustic (or acoustical), audial, audile, aural, auricular

Antonyms

nonauditory

Related Words

audiovisual; audible, clear, discernible (also discernable), distinct, distinguishable, heard, perceptible

Near Antonyms

faint, feeble, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, indistinguishable; low, noiseless, quiet, silent, soft, soundless