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hearing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hearing

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

earshot, hail, sound
Words Related to hearing

volume

distance, sight

hearing

verb , present participle of hear

Synonyms and Antonyms of hearing

1 to come to an awareness of
  • I heard your sister is home from the hospital
Synonyms of hearing

ascertaining, catching on (to), discovering, finding out, getting on (to), learning, realizing, seeing, wising (up)
Words Related to hearing

hitting (on or upon), tumbling (to)

descrying, detecting, encountering, espying, seeing, spotting

calculating, doping (out), figuring out, finding, puzzling (out)

discerning, minding, noting, observing, perceiving

divining
Phrases Synonymous with hearing

getting wind of
Near Antonyms of hearing

missing, overlooking

disregarding, ignoring

forgetting, unlearning

blanketing, blotting out, cloaking, concealing, covering, curtaining, enshrouding, hiding, masking, occulting, screening, shrouding, veiling
2 to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
  • at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing
Synonyms of hearing

attending, harkening, harking, hearkening (or harkening), heeding, listening, minding
Phrases Synonymous with hearing

pricking up one's ears
Near Antonyms of hearing

discounting, disregarding
Antonyms of hearing

ignoring, tuning out

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