Listen Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Listen

To hear something without the speaker's awareness or intent.

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listen to

To endeavor to hear

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lend-an-ear

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give attention

To endeavor to hear

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To hear with attention; to regard.

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be attentive

To endeavor to hear

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(Archaic) To wait for; expect.

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(With relationship implied by context) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

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To provide entertainment.

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(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.

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(Intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.

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strain one's ears

To endeavor to hear

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give ear to

To endeavor to hear

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listen-in

To listen without participating.

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pay-attention

(Idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.

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(Idiomatic, intransitive) To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

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To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.

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To select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio.

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cock one's ears

To endeavor to hear

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take under advisement

To receive advice cordially

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take into consideration

To receive advice cordially

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(Idiomatic) To listen to someone until that person has finished.

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incline an ear to

To endeavor to hear

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keep one's ears open

To endeavor to hear

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give a hearing to

To endeavor to hear

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prick-up-one-s-ears

(Idiomatic) To listen attentively

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(Carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.

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give attention to

To endeavor to hear

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take advice

To receive advice cordially

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(Sports) To receive a pass or a kicked ball, for example.

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not miss a trick

To endeavor to hear

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To keep close watch over; supervise:

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To greet, receive, or entertain (another or others) cordially or hospitably.

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(Intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).

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To come to or toward a common center

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auscultate

To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

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To have a normally functioning ear or ears; be able to hear sounds

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To receive (a radio signal or the like).

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To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis.

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To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed

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To carry out or comply with (a command, for example).

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To gain access to private electronic communications, as through wiretapping or the interception of e-mail or cell phone calls.

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(Intransitive, idiomatic, archaic, often with of) To pay attention.

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Antonyms for Listen

(Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence

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To decline to accept, agree to, or do something

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be deaf to

To endeavor to hear

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To refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful

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(Card Games) To remove (a card or cards) from one's hand

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To utter words with the ordinary voice; talk

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turn a deaf ear to

To endeavor to hear

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To disregard is defined as to ignore or treat with a lack of respect.

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To communicate, usually by means of speech.

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Words Related to Listen

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sound

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and-listen

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Find another word for listen. In this page you can discover 63 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for listen, like: overhear, listen to, lend-an-ear, give attention, hearken, be attentive, attend, ignore, adopt, refuse and entertain.