Synonyms for hearing
ˈhɪər ɪŋhear·ing

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1. hearingnoun

   Antonyms:
   unhearing, deaf

2. hearingadjective

   Able to hear.

   Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

   Antonyms:
   unhearing, deaf

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1. hearingnoun

   (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

   Synonyms:
   earshot, listening, auditory sense, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, audience, auditory modality

2. hearing, audiencenoun

   an opportunity to state your case and be heard

   "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

   Synonyms:
   interview, earshot, listening, auditory sense, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, consultation, audience, auditory modality

3. earshot, earreach, hearingnoun

   the range within which a voice can be heard

   "the children were told to stay within earshot"

   Synonyms:
   earshot, listening, auditory sense, auditory modality, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, audience

4. listening, hearingnoun

   the act of hearing attentively

   "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"

   Synonyms:
   earshot, listening, auditory sense, auditory modality, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, audience

5. hearingnoun

   a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken

   "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"

   Synonyms:
   earshot, listening, auditory sense, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, audience, auditory modality

6. hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modalityadjective

   the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

   "his hearing was impaired"

   Synonyms:
   earshot, listening, auditory sense, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, tryout, audience, auditory modality

7. hearing(a)adjective

   able to perceive sound

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Opportunity
   • Proceeding
   • Range
   • Sensing
   • Session

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1. hearingnoun

   Synonyms:
   sense of hearing

2. hearingnoun

   Synonyms:
   audience, opportunity to be heard

3. hearingnoun

   Synonyms:
   trial, judicial examination

4. hearingnoun

   Synonyms:
   hearing distance

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1. hearingnoun

   Synonyms:
   audition, listening, audience, earshot, sound, hearing distance

   Associated words:
   auditory, acoumeter, acoumetry, acoustic, audible, audibility, audiometer, deaf, deafness, microcoustic, microphonous, otacoustic, inaudible, inaudibility, clairaudient, clairaudience, audient, audiphone, sonometer, audile

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1. List of paraphrases for "hearing":

   audition, hearings, audience, audiencia, auditory, bench, listening, hear, sitting, trial, heard, audlence, listenership, vista, court, view, consultation

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1. Robin Steenman:

   They [ students ] are sitting there listening to this, and all they're hearing is' Mexicans are dirty, inferior in scholastic ability. They have skin problems and lice' and it just goes on and on and on about it, and I submit that's what they're going to take from that book, because they're just not ready.

2. Elizabeth Goudge:

   Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.

3. Alabama Senate:

   It's truly unfortunate because a lot of Americans listen to what they listen to every day, and they're only hearing what that particular source of information wants them to hear. And it really, really swings the overall mentality of the voters and I think further divides us as a nation, if we could fix that problem, I think we would be fixing a lot of the division that we experience today in the country because people are being spoon-fed information that pushes them even further in the direction that they tend to lean already.

4. Chris Wray:

   I believe to my core that there’s only one right way to do this job, and that is with strict independence. By the book. Playing it straight. Faithful to the Constitution. Chris Wray VOWS' STRICT INDEPENDENCE' IN CONFIRMATION HEARING During Tuesday's vote before the full Senate Judiciary Committee, all five nay votes came from liberal Democrats : Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Jeff Merkley of Oregon.

5. Tom LoBianco:

   I was hearing Indiana, but have been hearing more now that they stick around DC.