Synonyms of hears

hears

verb

present tense third-person singular of hear

1

as in realizes

to come to an awareness of

I heard your sister is home from the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• realizes
• discovers
• sees
• learns
• finds
• ascertains
• finds out
• gets on (to)
• detects
• perceives
• catches on (to)
• gets wind of
• encounters
• wises (up)
• discerns
• hits (on or upon)
• tumbles (to)
• observes
• espies
• calculates
• notes
• spots
• figures out
• descries
• divines
• puzzles (out)
• minds
• dopes (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• ignores
• overlooks
• disregards
• forgets
• hides
• covers
• conceals
• masks
• curtains
• blankets
• unlearns
• screens
• shrouds
• enshrouds
• blots out
• cloaks
• veils
• occults

2

as in listens

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• listens
• heeds
• attends
• hearkens
• harkens
• harks
• minds
• pricks up one's ears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• disregards
• discounts
• tunes out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hears

Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

In the song’s closing moments, the Edge hears something older than country music in Parton’s voice. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Often a parent hears a child speaking English with friends or siblings and assumes the child is already proficient and has exited the program, Villarreal said. — Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

The recusal comes shortly before the court hears the case filed by local officials in Boulder, Colorado, against Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Making the editing process even more complex was the fact that Jamal hears three voices. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Deadline hears that Paramount has agreed to some CNN guardrails, financial penalties linked to CEO David Ellison‘s 30 movies a year commitment, and some sort of separation of the studios for a period. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Tucked inside that ambivalence, Longwell hears an opportunity. — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

They’re stuck in a yearslong waiting period until a backlogged court system hears their case. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026