Synonyms for hear
hɪər

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. hear(verb)

   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, see(verb)

   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, try(verb)

   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. hear(verb)

   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 heed(verb)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

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

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

   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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. overheard

   to hear what they are speaking about

   i overheard them talking about a surprise birthday party.

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. hear(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   perceive by the ear

2. hear(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   give audience to, listen to, attend to

3. hear(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   regard, heed, give heed to

4. hear(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   try, examine judicially

5. hear(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   enjoy the sense of hearing

6. hear(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   listen, hearken, attend, give ear

7. hear(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   be told, be informed, have an account

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   heard, listen, hearing, learn, know, heed, listening, intend, understood, entertain, understand

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