AUDIAL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

audial

adjective

ˈȯ-dē-əl

Definition of audial

as in auditory

of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing a specialist in audial disorders in children

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Recent Examples of audial With two stages set up in close proximity, as soon as one band finished, another would fire up immediately, a sort of audial game of hot potato. — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023 With Windows 11, the OS adds new audial and visual tools, and new support for third-party hardware and software. — Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 7 June 2022

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auditory

Adjective

Reddington has argued that Clancy was in the throes of postpartum psychosis at the time the children were killed, and she was compelled to act on auditory hallucinations commanding her to carry out the killings.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Sprague also argued that Clancy fabricated hearing an auditory hallucination, emphasizing inconsistencies in the story and that Clancy has not heard a voice since.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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