All listen synonyms
lis·ten
L l verb listen
- attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- tune in — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
- welcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- hark — to listen attentively; hearken.
- obey — to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- concentrate — If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- hearken — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- monitor — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- overhear — to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- harken — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- auscultate — to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
- hear out — listen to the end
- get a load of — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- pick up on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pay attention — be attentive
- take note — pay careful attention
- heed — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
- hang on — the way in which a thing hangs.
- entertain — Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
- auscult — To auscultate.