What is another word for hearer?

Pronunciation: [hˈi͡əɹə] (IPA)

The term "hearer" refers to someone who listens to something, particularly a person who receives information through listening. Synonyms for "hearer" include auditor, listener, audience, ear, eavesdropper, receiver, hearer-out, and attender. An auditor often listens carefully to learn important details. A listener pays attention with intent. An ear is used to describe the physical organ responsible for hearing. An eavesdropper, on the other hand, listens secretly to another's conversation. A receiver refers to someone who accepts or receives something, including information, through listening. A hearer-out is someone who listens with patience, allowing the speaker to express themselves thoroughly. Finally, an attender refers to someone who regularly listens to a particular event, such as a lecture or conference.

What are the hypernyms for Hearer?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Hearer

Indeed, to a hearer His comparison of Himself with the judges would necessarily rather tend to veil the full meaning of His previous claims to pre-existence and superhuman dignity.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Doubt found in her always a ready hearer.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
What has the author intended that his reader or hearer shall understand, think, or feel?
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma

Famous quotes with Hearer

  • For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
    Roger Bacon
  • Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.
    Quentin Crisp
  • To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
    Frederick Douglass
  • All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
  • It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
    George Whitefield

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