Antonyms 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.

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

   Synonyms:
   attend, hark, harken, heed, list, listen

   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.

Matched Categories

1. • Examine
   • Perceive
   • Receive

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

How to use hear in a sentence?

1. Patricia Brigham:

   Thats not fair to the men and women who work in local law enforcement. Its certainly not fair to law-abiding citizens who would be affected by this, and I think Lake County needed to hear us stand up and say, weve got Commissioner Josh Blake back. FLORIDA GUN OWNERS, LAWYERS REACT TO LAKE COUNTYS SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTION Those trying to prevent Gun Violence say lax gun laws wont cut it in a state that has seen some of Americas deadliest mass shootings. The Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando left 49 dead. ( Elina Shirazi) We need to be preventing these shootings, not making it easier for dangerous people to use firearms they are concerned about the gun-grabbing, is what they are calling [ it ], what they should be concerned about is our rampant gun violence which is happening almost daily in this country.

2. f.m. FABER jR:

   How many instruments should one to expect to HEAR in a 'rubber- band'?

3. Samuel Johnson:

   In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

4. Confucius:

   I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

5. Tony Rock:

   Everybody is trying to be a f --- ing victim. If everybody claims to be a victim, then nobody will hear the real victims, even me getting smacked by Will Smith... I went to work the next day, I got kids.

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