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

Deadline hears that the BBC has held tentative discussions about whether Sounds could be folded in with iPlayer to create a single streaming service for video and audio, not unlike Netflix and YouTube. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026

Her 7-year-old hears the conversations around her, sees the protests in her community and notices the visiting canal personnel. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

Print out every word a child hears on the way to mastering language and the stack stands about as tall as a house. — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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