Listen synonyms | Best 63 synonyms for listen

overhear

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

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listen to

To endeavor to hear

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give attention

To endeavor to hear

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lend-an-ear

To listen.

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hearken

To hear with attention; to regard.

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be attentive

To endeavor to hear

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attend

(Archaic) To wait for; expect.

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ignore (antonym)

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

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adopt

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

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refuse (antonym)

To decline to accept, agree to, or do something

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entertain

To provide entertainment.

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accept

(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.

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heed

(Intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.

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sounds (related)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sound

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strain one's ears

To endeavor to hear

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be deaf to (antonym)

To endeavor to hear

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give (or lend) an ear

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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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give (or lend) one's ear

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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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give-ear

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

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hark

To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.

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tune-in

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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hear-out

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

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and-listen (related)

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incline an ear to

To endeavor to hear

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not miss a trick

To endeavor to hear

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scorn (antonym)

To refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful

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prick-up-one-s-ears

(Idiomatic) To listen attentively

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discard (antonym)

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

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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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receive

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

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speak (antonym)

To utter words with the ordinary voice; talk

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monitor

To keep close watch over; supervise:

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welcome

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

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admit

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

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turn a deaf ear to (antonym)

To endeavor to hear

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list

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

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concentrate

To come to or toward a common center

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auscultate

To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

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hear

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

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pick up

To receive (a radio signal or the like).

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disregard (antonym)

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

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audit

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

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harken

Hearken

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note

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

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obey

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

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sing (related)

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whisper (related)

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watch (related)

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talk (antonym)

To communicate, usually by means of speech.

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sing-along (related)

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eavesdrop

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

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take-heed

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

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mind

Shakespeare

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listening (related)

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