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Synonyms for hear
hɪərhear
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
hear
Between listen and hear is a difference like that between the words look and see. (Compare synonyms for LOOK.) To hear is simply to become conscious of sound, to listen is to make a conscious effort or endeavor to hear. We may hear without listening, as words suddenly uttered in an adjoining room; or we may listen without hearing, as to a distant speaker. In listening the ear is intent upon the sound; in attending the mind is intent upon the thought, tho listening implies some attention to the meaning or import of the sound. To heed is not only to attend, but to remember and observe. Harken is nearly obsolete.
Synonyms:
attend, hark, harken, heed, list, listenAntonyms:
be deaf to, ignore, neglect, scorn, slightPreposition:
We listen for what we expect or desire to hear; we listen to what we actually do hear; listen for a step, a signal, a train; listen to the debate.
Princeton's WordNet
hearverb
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
Synonyms:
see, get word, get wind, discover, get a line, try, find out, listen, pick up, learn, take heedlearn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, seeverb
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
"I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
Synonyms:
turn around, ensure, read, pick up, collar, unwrap, key out, reveal, look, experience, get word, visualise, come upon, watch, assure, memorise, fancy, intoxicate, go steady, distinguish, disclose, learn, chance upon, receive, instruct, run into, discover, light upon, escort, try, perk, fall upon, lift up, con, uplift, reckon, give away, take heed, consider, gain vigor, study, name, come across, get a line, elate, collect, chance on, bring out, divulge, take care, let on, control, ascertain, insure, attend, date, realize, check, peck, interpret, meet, image, larn, gather up, strike, take, catch, see to it, cop, find out, see, listen, construe, regard, visualize, describe, picture, find, catch out, call for, perk up, visit, identify, view, project, percolate, arrest, let out, realise, go out, envision, happen upon, determine, take in, nab, get wind, nail, encounter, figure, acquire, examine, expose, break, witness, understand, detect, teach, key, run across, attain, memorize, go through, notice, observe, apprehendhear, tryverb
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
"The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
Synonyms:
attempt, take heed, stress, try out, strain, get wind, essay, seek, get word, listen, learn, get a line, try, prove, test, try on, taste, assay, find out, discover, examine, pick up, adjudicate, sample, judge, render, seehearverb
receive a communication from someone
"We heard nothing from our son for five years"
Synonyms:
see, get word, get wind, discover, get a line, try, find out, listen, pick up, learn, take heedlisten, hear, take heedverb
listen and pay attention
"Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
Synonyms:
see, get word, get wind, take heed, get a line, try, find out, discover, listen, pick up, learn, mind, heed
Editors Contribution
overheard
to hear what they are speaking about
i overheard them talking about a surprise birthday party.
Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hearverb
Synonyms:
perceive by the earhearverb
Synonyms:
give audience to, listen to, attend tohearverb
Synonyms:
regard, heed, give heed tohearverb
Synonyms:
try, examine judiciallyhearverb
Synonyms:
enjoy the sense of hearinghearverb
hearverb
Synonyms:
be told, be informed, have an account
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How to use hear in a sentence?
It was very loud. The hail was pelting the house, hitting the windows, we were just hoping that the windows were going to hold up and wouldn't break, at one point it was so loud that you couldn't hear a person ten feet away from you talking without yelling.
I think it just gets to you, when I hear, you know, any loud sounds, I feel like it's the bombing and even since we left, we've been driving around, and I hear like a car going loud, and I think it's a plane.
When I hear some, like Sen. McCain recently, suggest that our secretary of state, John Kerry, who served in the United States Senate, a Vietnam veteran, who's provided exemplary service to this nation, is somehow less trustworthy in the interpretation of what's in a political agreement than the Supreme Leader of Iran -- that's an indication of the degree to which partisanship has crossed all boundaries.
You hear about this stuff happening in New York, but not in Houlton.
He comes up behind me, strikes me in the back. I hear Amber shout don't hit my f ****** sister. She smacks him, lands one, by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other.
Translations for hear
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- hoorAfrikaans
- سمع, يسمعArabic
- duymaq, eşitməkAzerbaijani
- чуць, учуцьBelarusian
- чувамBulgarian
- শোনাBengali
- klevedBreton
- oir, sentirCatalan, Valencian
- slyšetCzech
- слꙑшатиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- clywedWelsh
- høreDanish
- hörenGerman
- ακούωGreek
- aŭdiEsperanto
- oírSpanish
- kuulmaEstonian
- شنیدنPersian
- kuullaFinnish
- hoyraFaroese
- entendreFrench
- cluin, airigh, cloisIrish
- cluinnScottish Gaelic
- oírGalician
- clinManx
- שׁמעHebrew
- सुननाHindi
- hallHungarian
- լսելArmenian
- audirInterlingua
- dengarIndonesian
- audarIdo
- heyraIcelandic
- udire, sentireItalian
- 伺う, 聞くJapanese
- სმენა, გაგონებაGeorgian
- естуKazakh
- ស្ដាប់ឮ, ឮKhmer
- ಕೇಳುKannada
- 듣다Korean
- guh lê bûn, بیستن, bîstinKurdish
- угууKyrgyz
- audioLatin
- héierenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ໄດ້ຍິນLao
- girdėtiLithuanian
- dzirdētLatvian
- слушаMacedonian
- കേൾക്കുകMalayalam
- сонсохMongolian
- dengarMalay
- sama'Maltese
- ကြားBurmese
- horenDutch
- høreNorwegian
- słyszeć, usłyszećPolish
- اورولPashto, Pushto
- ouvirPortuguese
- uyariyQuechua
- udirRomansh
- auziRomanian
- услышать, слышатьRussian
- intèndiri, intèndhere, intendi, intènnereSardinian
- чути, čuti, slušati, слушатиSerbo-Croatian
- ඇසෙනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- čuťSlovak
- slišatiSlovene
- dëgjonAlbanian
- höraSwedish
- கேள்Tamil
- వినుTelugu
- шуниданTajik
- ได้ยิน, รับฟังThai
- eşitmekTurkmen
- duymak, işitmekTurkish
- ишетергәTatar
- faʻaroʻoTahitian
- чутиUkrainian
- سنناUrdu
- eshitib qolmoq, eshitmoqUzbek
- ngheVietnamese
- הערןYiddish
- 听Chinese
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