Usually means: Absorbing sound with understanding intent.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 22 dictionaries that define the word listening:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. listening: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. listening: Collins English Dictionary
  3. listening: Vocabulary.com
  4. Listening, listening: Wordnik
  5. listening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. listening: Wiktionary
  7. Listening: Dictionary.com
  8. listening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Listening (band), Listening (disambiguation), Listening (film), Listening (song), Listening, The Listening (Lights album), The Listening (Little Brother album), The Listening (band), The Listening (film), The Listening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Listening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. listening: Rhymezone
  12. Listening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. listening: Free Dictionary
  14. listening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. listening: Dictionary/thesaurus
  16. listening: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  17. listening: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. listening: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. listening: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. listening: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. listening: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See listen as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (listening)

▸ adjective:  Of something or someone that listens.
▸ adjective:  Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
▸ adjective:  Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
▸ noun:  An act by which something or somebody is listened to.
▸ noun:  An educational exercise involving listening.
▸ noun:  Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.

Similar:
attentive, hearing, talking, reading, watching, speaking, listenin, chatting, observing, playing, more...

Opposite:
ignoring, neglecting, disregarding, overlooking, tuning, out

Types:
active, passive, empathic, selective, therapeutic, more...

Phrases:
listening for, listening in, active listening, listening comprehension, Dichotic listening, more...

Adjectives:
active, dichotic, good, effective, careful, attentive, easy, reflective, empathic, half, passive

Colors:
    sky blue,     teal,     lavender,     soft pink,     mint green, more...



▸ Words similar to listening

▸ Usage examples for listening

▸ Idioms related to listening

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing listening

▸ Popular nouns described by listening

▸ Words that often appear near listening

▸ Rhymes of listening

▸ Invented words related to listening

Similar:
attentive, hearing, talking, reading, watching, speaking, listenin, chatting, observing, playing, more...

Opposite:
ignoring, neglecting, disregarding, overlooking, tuning, out

Types:
active, passive, empathic, selective, therapeutic, more...

Phrases:
listening for, listening in, active listening, listening comprehension, Dichotic listening, listening post, listening posts, listening device, easy listening, listening station, listening watch, more...

Adjectives:
active, dichotic, good, effective, careful, attentive, easy, reflective, empathic, half, passive

Colors:
    sky blue,     teal,     lavender,     soft pink,     mint green, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "listening" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong.
Sign up for our new mailing list here!