noun
Meaning 1
One who hears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hearer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪəɹə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈhɪɹɚ/
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US: /ˈhɪəɹə(ɹ)/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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US: /ˈhiɹə(ɹ)/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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New-Zealand: /ˈhiəɹə/
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Scotland: /ˈhiɹəɹ/
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/ˈhɛːɹə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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rhymes with -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 R ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who regularly attends sermons; a devout listener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who listens attentively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: listener, auditor, attender
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
Narrower terms: eavesdropper
History
Etymology
From Middle English heerar, herere, hyerere, equivalent to hear + -er.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Kazakh: тыңдаушы (tyñdauşy) — Translations
- Kazakh: тыңдарман (tyñdarman) — Translations
- Spanish: oyente — Translations
- Spanish: oidor — Translations
- Swedish: hörare — Translations