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
• harking
• pricking up one's ears
• minding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• discounting
• disregarding
• tuning out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hearing

Noun

While Graf will not make a decision until September, the five days of hearings offered key insights about the case prosecutors have built. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray will appear in a Barrow County courtroom later this month for a plea and sentencing hearing, a Friday afternoon filing reveals. — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 11 July 2026

Verb

Pulisic recalled arriving at Pochettino’s temporary office for a meeting and hearing a country song. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Born in 1790, Force grew up hearing stories from soldiers who had battled the British, which instilled in him a lifelong interest in the fight for independence. — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026