Synonyms for hear
hɪərhear

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. 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, listen

   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.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 heed

2. learn, 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, apprehend

3. hear, 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, see

4. hearverb

   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 heed

5. 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, listen, pick up, learn, mind, heed

Matched Categories

1. • Examine
   • Perceive
   • Receive

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   perceive by the ear

2. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   give audience to, listen to, attend to

3. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   regard, heed, give heed to

4. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   try, examine judicially

5. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   enjoy the sense of hearing

6. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   listen, hearken, attend, give ear

7. hearverb

   Synonyms:
   be told, be informed, have an account

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hear":

   heard, listen, hearing, learn, know, heed, listening, intend, understood, entertain, understand

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1. Henry David Thoreau:

   When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

2. Shaun King:

   But then when I asked him if that's what it shows on his birth certificate I did not hear back from him. No answer on that. this attack isn't about me so much, but is about derailing Black Lives Matter and the movement against police brutality.

3. Isaac Asimov:

   The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka' (I found it) but 'That's funny ...'

4. Viktor Orban:

   It was so depressing to hear for years that it is impossible to protect maritime borders, will power has returned to Italy.

5. Daniel Walton:

   Everybody loves getting more money, you hear numbers thrown at you, there is a temptation to go elsewhere.