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Synonyms for listen
ˈlɪs ənlis·ten

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Wiktionary3.3 / 4 votes

  1. listenverb

    To pay attention to a sound, to note.

    Synonyms:
    attend, give ear, mind, heed, wait for, pay attention, obey, note, expect, await, anticipate, list, hear, hark

    Antonyms:
    ignore

  2. listenverb

    To wait for a sound, such as a signal.

    You should listen for the starting gun.

    Synonyms:
    heed, mind, pay attention, hear, attend, anticipate, give ear, list, note, await, obey, hark, wait for, expect

  3. listenverb

    To accept or obey oral instruction.

    Good children listen to their parents.

    Synonyms:
    anticipate, heed, obey, note, list, wait for, give ear, expect, hear, await, attend, pay attention, mind, hark

    Antonyms:
    disregard, disobey

  4. listenverb

    To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.

    Synonyms:
    await, heed, expect, mind, hear, attend, wait for, anticipate, obey, hark, list, note, give ear, pay attention

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. listen

    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, hear, heed, list

    Antonyms:
    be deaf to, ignore, neglect, scorn, slight

    Preposition:
    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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. listen

    Synonyms:
    hear, attend, hearken, incline, give ear, heed

    Antonyms:
    disregard, ignore, refuse, repudiate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. listenverb

    hear with intention

    "Listen to the sound of this cello"

    Synonyms:
    heed, take heed, mind, hear

  2. listen, 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, hear, pick up, learn, mind, heed

  3. heed, mind, listenverb

    pay close attention to; give heed to

    "Heed the advice of the old men"

    Synonyms:
    take heed, take care, hear, beware, bear in mind, mind, heed

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. listenverb

    Synonyms:
    hearken, hark, hear, give ear, lend an ear, incline an ear, prick up the ears, be all ear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. listenverb

    Synonyms:
    hearken, eavesdrop, auscultate

    Antonyms:
    disregard, ignore, scorn

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "listen":

    look, hear, listening, listens, iisten, heed, -listen

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How to use listen in a sentence?

  1. Evan Weron:

    (Nicole Stone) would tell anybody who would listen that he was going to kill her, and that she was really afraid for her life, everything started being blocked off, the SWAT was then later called in, then we had the tanks pull up.

  2. Mal Pancoast:

    Set up the listening. Prepare who you are talking to for what you want them to hear. Get people to listen as a possibility rather than a problem.

  3. Aaron Schlossberg:

    Every person I listen to — he’s speaking it, she’s speaking it. This is America.

  4. Robert Irvine:

    Food Network, listen, it's a consumer facing network, but think about this : All the chefs and the owners and the managers, they all watch Food Network. So what a great platform to help relaunch America, how do we open up these restaurants and give the consumer that feeling of being safe ?

  5. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

    Beside taking part in the conference, we have come here to listen to Americans' explanations on the U.S. administration's undertakings and its domestic policies, we consider the U.S. government responsible for fulfilling its international commitments under international laws.


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