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, hearing, 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, hearing

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, hearing

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, hearing, 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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How to use HEARING in a sentence?

1. Matt Williams:

   Owls are voracious predators that hunt mostly at night using a very keen sense of hearing to help locate their prey.

2. Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz:

   [Earnest] suggested that you should be invited to appear at the hearing as well, because you have some 'interesting insight' into the JCPOA [the Iran deal]. Therefore your appearance before the Committee would be contingent on Mr. Rhodes’ appearance at that hearing.

3. Suman Sapkota:

   The main thing I want, and what we all want, is for the country to be peaceful, and never return to the violence we saw in the war, i got used to hearing the sounds of gunshots when I was very young, and it's something I don't want to hear any more.

4. Tom Malinowski:

   If we impeach the President for everything he has done that is impeachable, it would probably take us until 2025. Let's be smart, disciplined and focused about this and get it done, i think this is where you're hearing moderates speak up. We want something that's very tightly defined.

5. Jerry Springerslow:

   We get the headlines then we see what the back stories are, it’s fascinating. I mean, the one consistency with virtually all the shows I do is I start off with the premise that we are all social beings. Throughout history, we’ve loved telling stories and hearing stories about ourselves … it’s all about human interaction. Once we were in the town square — now the only thing that’s changed is the size of the neighborhood.