Antonyms 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

Matched Categories

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

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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

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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

How to use hearing in a sentence?

1. Demetre Daskalakis:

   If it's a hug that doesn't necessarily include a shirt, there's a theoretical risk of transmission there, but that's not what we're hearing in terms of what's happening with our cases, so it's lower risk. I can't say zero risk.

2. Steve Brusatte:

   The ancestors of T. rex would have looked a whole lot like Timurlengia, a horse-sized hunter with a big brain and keen hearing that would put us to shame, only after these ancestral tyrannosaurs evolved their clever brains and sharp senses did they grow into the colossal sizes of T. rex. Tyrannosaurs had to get smart before they got big.

3. Dianne Kane:

   Hearing that there was this waste of money, donor dollars that should have been going to servicemen and women that were injured, and that it was spent on [ Wounded Warrior Project staff ] having a good time — it’s a real disappointment.

4. Michelle Christie:

   Many kids are enrolled in college or have already graduated from college. It's so exciting to see it, because now they are the future. ... I want them to dream big for their lives, we have kids who are pilots. We have scientists. We have lawyers. We have psychologists. There are so many successful people with hearing loss.

5. Katherine Schweit:

   I believe in the police chief’s first interview, he said, ‘I wasn’t in charge,’ and now we’re hearing he was in charge, the bottom line is no one was in charge.

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