Thesaurus:hear

Thesaurus

hear

English

Verb

Sense: to perceive with the ears; to detect sounds

Synonyms

• hear

Metonyms

• ear    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• mishear
• cock a deaf 'un (Britain, slang)
• turn a deaf ear

Hyponyms

• behear
• eavesdrop
• hear on the grapevine (idiomatic)
• listen    [⇒ thesaurus]
• outhear
• overhear

Hypernyms

• perceive    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “418. hearing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hear” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.