Antonyms for listen
ˈlɪs ənlis·ten

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. listenverb

   To pay attention to a sound, to note.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

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

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.

   Antonyms:
   disregard, disobey

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

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 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.

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

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

   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. listen

   Antonyms:
   disregard, ignore, refuse, repudiate

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

Matched Categories

1. • Obey
   • Perceive

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 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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1. listenverb

   Antonyms:
   disregard, ignore, scorn

   Synonyms:
   hearken, eavesdrop, auscultate

How to use listen in a sentence?

1. Saint Benedict:

   Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

2. Simone Weil:

   Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.

3. Paul Krugman:

   I'm in the peculiar position of thinking the Fed should not raise rates, but it should not listen to the President, which is a hard position, there's a pretty good case for not raising rates now. But to not raise rates in this meeting would look like they're allowing themselves to be bullied.

4. Ted Wheeler:

   Leaders must listen and respond to community. We must disrupt the patterns of racism and injustice, i am pulling police officers from schools.

5. Richard Bach:

   Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

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