HEARING Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈhir-iŋ

Definition of hearing

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

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Relevance

hearing

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verb

present participle of hear

as in realizing

to come to an awareness of I heard your sister is home from the hospital

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as in listening

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing

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Recent Examples of hearing

Noun

Fatehi explained that a bureaucratic overlap triggered the hearing. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office At Suzanne Agnew's sentencing hearing, Senior Deputy District Attorney Trevor Moritzky described her conduct as calculated. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Verb

Residents on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz reported hearing several explosions late Sunday evening, Iranian state media reported. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026 Tayaba said hearing stories from elders who did not have the opportunity to pass their languages down makes the effort especially emotional. — Conor McGill, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hearing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearing

Noun

The gardens allow for privacy and a symphony of sounds; wind rustles through the trees, water ripples through the pool, and birds chirp.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
Often purchased outright, the software helps musicians achieve commercial-quality sound or capture a trending sound while bypassing expensive studio rates that can run in the thousands per day.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of sound

Verb

The juror slipped through without a single flashbulb going off, without a single paparazzo glancing or realizing this person might be someone worth photographing.

— Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Teachers and school staff can also steer students away from hard tasks, often without realizing it.

— Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of realizing

Verb

Her focus on schools, public safety, quality of life, and neighborhood concerns demonstrated the value of listening across political and cultural divides.

— Joey Saban, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Bram Stoker’s Dracula delivered the biggest opening week of any Audible Original ever released, and the fourth-biggest of any title in Audible’s catalogue, measured by listening starts in its first seven days.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of listening

Noun

Some young Catholics involved in local church groups hoped the sight of a pope drawing crowds would challenge Uruguay's image as a country indifferent to religion.

— ISABEL DEBRE, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
The city’s greatest sight is perhaps the Hospicio Cabañas, an early-19th-century orphanage with a chapel where José Clemente Orozco painted 57 frescoes in the late 1930s.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of sight

Verb

The industry has been working to answer that question by comparing benchmarks, debating reasoning performance and seeing each new model outperform the last.

— Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Investigators say witnesses had reported seeing a man fitting Harper's description near the crime scene, and Jarmon's car was later found close to where Harper had been staying in the days following the murder.

— Luke Jones, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of seeing

Verb

In Munro’s story, a woman, who discovers a lump in her breast, avoids her health anxieties by fixating on a crypt in the countryside and learning about the history of southern Ontario.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Nov. 2026
Chronic absenteeism, anger, withdrawal, learning challenges, disruption, and bullying are how our children call out to us.

— Jamaal Bowman, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of learning

Verb

Ashley didn’t record a stat in two seasons with the Yellow Jackets, then he was medically disqualified due to Georgia Tech finding a bulging disk and stress fracture in his back.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026
Cook says the company’s leaders are intentional about finding motivated employees who can delight customers and who are eager to take advantage of the many career-building opportunities the company offers to its workforce.

— S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

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