Synonyms of hearing

hearing 1 of 2

noun

ˈhir-iŋ 

as in sound

range of hearing

let's make sure she's out of hearing before I tell you what I got her for her birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sound
• sight
• distance
• earshot
• hail
• volume

hearing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of hear

1

as in realizing

to come to an awareness of

I heard your sister is home from the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• realizing
• discovering
• seeing
• learning
• finding
• ascertaining
• finding out
• getting on (to)
• detecting
• getting wind of
• catching on (to)
• hitting (on or upon)
• encountering
• wising (up)
• tumbling (to)
• spotting
• perceiving
• figuring out
• observing
• noting
• espying
• discerning
• calculating
• descrying
• divining
• doping (out)
• puzzling (out)
• minding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• ignoring
• overlooking
• disregarding
• forgetting
• covering
• screening
• hiding
• concealing
• masking
• unlearning
• blotting out
• blanketing
• shrouding
• veiling
• enshrouding
• cloaking
• occulting
• curtaining

2

as in listening

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing

at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• listening
• attending
• hearkening
• heeding
• harkening
• harkening
• harking
• pricking up one's ears
• minding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• discounting
• disregarding
• tuning out

Examples of hearing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

At the latest hearing in October, Andrew Clarke, an assistant attorney general, faced tough questioning. —CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024

Today’s hearing was structured around the Manhattan DA office’s request to meld together the remains of the old case with the new charge — something the defense objects to. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024

The officers punched him over a dozen times. Video footage of the incident was released at a court hearing on Oct. 1 and has prompted public concern, criticism from local leaders and national attention. —Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2024

At a hearing in federal court in West Palm Beach, a magistrate judge allowed Jeffries to be released on a $10 million bond, but said the former CEO must remain in his home and wear a GPS monitoring device. —Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024