He would be glad to hear that.
Source: tatoeba (1736)
Hear
//hɪə//
Synonyms for "hear" (144 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (72)
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6 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
55 entriesShowing 16 of 55 words.
distinct from
4 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
66 entriesShowing 16 of 66 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
313 translations across 189 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аҳара verb (to perceive with the ear)
Acehnese
1 entries- deungo verb (to perceive with the ear)
Afar
1 entries- oobbe verb (to perceive with the ear)
Afrikaans
1 entries- hoor verb (to perceive with the ear)
Akan
1 entries- te verb (to perceive with the ear)
Aklanon
1 entries- dungog verb (to perceive with the ear)
Albanian
1 entries- dëgjon verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ambonese Malay
1 entries- dangar verb (to perceive with the ear)
Amharic
1 entries- ሰማ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κλύω verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ἀΐω verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ἀκούω verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ἀκούω verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Arabic
4 entries- سمع verb (to perceive with the ear)
- سَمِع verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- سَمِعَ verb (to perceive with the ear)
- سْمع verb (to perceive with the ear)
Armenian
1 entries- լսել verb (to perceive with the ear)
Aromanian
1 entries- avdu (roa-rup) verb (to perceive with the ear)
Assamese
1 entries- শুন verb (to perceive with the ear)
Asturian
1 entries- oyer verb (to perceive with the ear)
Atikamekw
1 entries- petam verb (to perceive with the ear)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- eşitmək verb (to perceive with the ear)
Bashkir
2 entries- ишетеү verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ишетеү verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Basque
3 entries- aditu verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- entzun verb (to perceive with the ear)
- entzun verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Belarusian
4 entries- учу́ць verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чуць verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чуць verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- ўчуць verb (to perceive with the ear)
Belizean Creole
1 entries- hyaa verb (to perceive with the ear)
Bengali
1 entries- শোনা verb (to perceive with the ear)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- सुनल verb (to perceive with the ear)
Breton
1 entries- kleved verb (to perceive with the ear)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- dangar verb (to perceive with the ear)
Bulgarian
3 entries- узна́вам verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- чу́вам verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чу́вам verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြား verb (to perceive with the ear)
Catalan
4 entries- aprendre verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- oir verb (to perceive with the ear)
- sentir verb (to perceive with the ear)
- sentir verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Central Atlas Tamazight
1 entries- ⵙⵍⵍ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بیستن verb (to perceive with the ear)
Chechen
1 entries- хаза verb (to perceive with the ear)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏛᎩᎠ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Chinese
1 entries- 聽著 /听着 verb (to perceive with the ear)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 聽到 /听到 verb (to perceive with the ear)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聽見 /听见 verb (to perceive with the ear)
Church Slavic
1 entries- слꙑшати verb (to perceive with the ear)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- caqui verb (to perceive with the ear)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- eşitmek verb (to perceive with the ear)
- tuymaq verb (to perceive with the ear)
Czech
1 entries- slyšet verb (to perceive with the ear)
Danish
1 entries- høre verb (to perceive with the ear)
Dutch
2 entries- horen verb (to perceive with the ear)
- horen verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-D:F21-m verb (to perceive with the ear)
Enga
1 entries- singi verb (to perceive with the ear)
Esperanto
2 entries- aŭdi verb (to perceive with the ear)
- aŭdi verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Estonian
1 entries- kuulma verb (to perceive with the ear)
Evenki
1 entries- до̄лды̄мӣ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Faroese
1 entries- hoyra verb (to perceive with the ear)
Fataluku
1 entries- vari verb (to perceive with the ear)
Finnish
1 entries- kuulla verb (to perceive with the ear)
French
4 entries- apprendre verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- entendre verb (to perceive with the ear)
- entendre verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- entendre verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Friulian
2 entries- sintî verb (to perceive with the ear)
- uldî verb (to perceive with the ear)
Galician
4 entries- ouvir verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ouvir verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- oír verb (to perceive with the ear)
- oír verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ሰምዐ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Georgian
2 entries- გაგონება verb (to perceive with the ear)
- სმენა verb (to perceive with the ear)
German
4 entries- ghööre verb (to perceive with the ear)
- hören verb (to perceive with the ear)
- hören verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- lose verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- ni verb (to perceive with the ear)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to perceive with the ear)
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Greek
1 entries- ακούω verb (to perceive with the ear)
Hawaiian
1 entries- lohe verb (to perceive with the ear)
Hebrew
2 entries- שָׁמַע verb (to perceive with the ear)
- שָׁמַע verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Higaonon
1 entries- paliman verb (to perceive with the ear)
Hindi
1 entries- सुनना verb (to perceive with the ear)
Hungarian
1 entries- hall verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ibanag
1 entries- ginna verb (to perceive with the ear)
Icelandic
1 entries- heyra verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ido
1 entries- audar verb (to perceive with the ear)
Indonesian
2 entries- dengar verb (to perceive with the ear)
- dengar verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Ingush
1 entries- хаза verb (to perceive with the ear)
Interlingua
1 entries- audir verb (to perceive with the ear)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- شُنیدَن verb (to perceive with the ear)
- شِنیدَن verb (to perceive with the ear)
Irish
3 entries- airigh verb (to perceive with the ear)
- clois verb (to perceive with the ear)
- cluin verb (to perceive with the ear)
Isnag
1 entries- xina verb (to perceive with the ear)
Istro-Romanian
1 entries- avzi verb (to perceive with the ear)
Italian
4 entries- conoscere verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- sentire verb (to perceive with the ear)
- sentire verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- udire verb (to perceive with the ear)
Japanese
2 entries- 伺う verb (to perceive with the ear)
- 聞く verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- obi verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- obi verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- uví verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- uví verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Kambera
2 entries- rongu verb (to perceive with the ear)
- rongung verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕೇಳು verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kashmiri
1 entries- بوزُن verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kashubian
1 entries- czëc verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kazakh
1 entries- есту verb (to perceive with the ear)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្ដាប់ឮ verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ឮ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Korean
1 entries- 듣다 verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kumyk
1 entries- эшитмек verb (to perceive with the ear)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- угуу verb (to perceive with the ear)
Lao
1 entries- ໄດ້ຍິນ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Latgalian
2 entries- dzierdēt verb (to perceive with the ear)
- izdzierst verb (to perceive with the ear)
Latin
2 entries- audio verb (to perceive with the ear)
- rescisco verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Latvian
1 entries- dzirdēt verb (to perceive with the ear)
Lithuanian
1 entries- girdėti verb (to perceive with the ear)
Livonian
1 entries- kūlõ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- słyšaś verb (to perceive with the ear)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- héieren verb (to perceive with the ear)
Macedonian
3 entries- слуша verb (to perceive with the ear)
- слушне verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чуе verb (to perceive with the ear)
Makasae
1 entries- wali verb (to perceive with the ear)
Malay
1 entries- dengar verb (to perceive with the ear)
Malayalam
1 entries- കേൾക്കുക verb (to perceive with the ear)
Maltese
1 entries- sama’ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Mansaka
1 entries- dungug verb (to perceive with the ear)
Manx
1 entries- clin verb (to perceive with the ear)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- ukia verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Marathi
3 entries- ऐकणे verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ऐकणे verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- कानावर पडणे verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Mariupol Greek
1 entries- грику́ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Mongolian
2 entries- дуулах verb (to perceive with the ear)
- сонсох verb (to perceive with the ear)
Mwani
1 entries- kusikira verb (to perceive with the ear)
Māori
4 entries- hakiri (Indistinctly) verb (to perceive with the ear)
- hakiri (Indistinctly) verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- oko verb (to perceive with the ear)
- oko verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Nahuatl
1 entries- caqui verb (to perceive with the ear)
Nanai
1 entries- долди verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ndzwani Comorian
1 entries- ukia verb (to perceive with the ear)
Norman
1 entries- ouï verb (to perceive with the ear)
North Frisian
2 entries- hiar verb (to perceive with the ear)
- hiire verb (to perceive with the ear)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- bîstin verb (to perceive with the ear)
- guh lê bûn verb (to perceive with the ear)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- høre verb (to perceive with the ear)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- høyra verb (to perceive with the ear)
Occitan
1 entries- ausir verb (to perceive with the ear)
Odia
1 entries- ଶୁଣିବା verb (to perceive with the ear)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- слꙑшати verb (to perceive with the ear)
Old English
2 entries- ġehīeran verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ġehīeran verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Old French
1 entries- entendre verb (to perceive with the ear)
Old Norse
2 entries- heyra verb (to perceive with the ear)
- hǫra verb (to perceive with the ear)
Old Saxon
1 entries- horian verb (to perceive with the ear)
Oromo
1 entries- dhaga'uu verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ossetian
1 entries- хъусын verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- учуц verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чуц verb (to perceive with the ear)
Pashto
1 entries- اورول verb (to perceive with the ear)
Pennsylvania German
2 entries- heere verb (to perceive with the ear)
- heere verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Pipil
2 entries- caqui verb (to perceive with the ear)
- kaki verb (to perceive with the ear)
Polabian
1 entries- slåisot verb (to perceive with the ear)
Polish
3 entries- słyszeć verb (to perceive with the ear)
- słyszeć verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- usłyszeć verb (to perceive with the ear)
Portuguese
4 entries- ficar sabendo verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- ouvir verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ouvir verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- ouvir falar verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Quechua
4 entries- uyarii verb (to perceive with the ear)
- uyariy verb (to perceive with the ear)
- uyay verb (to perceive with the ear)
- wiyai verb (to perceive with the ear)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- ngaro'a verb (to perceive with the ear)
Rendille
1 entries- dag verb (to perceive with the ear)
Romanian
3 entries- auzi verb (to perceive with the ear)
- auzi verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- auzi verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Romansch
1 entries- udir verb (to perceive with the ear)
Russian
3 entries- слы́шать verb (to perceive with the ear)
- слы́шать verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- услы́шать verb (to perceive with the ear)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- နၢ်ဟူ verb (to perceive with the ear)
Saho
1 entries- oobbe verb (to perceive with the ear)
Sanskrit
3 entries- शृणोति verb (to perceive with the ear)
- शृणोति verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- श्रु verb (to perceive with the ear)
Sardinian
4 entries- intendi verb (to perceive with the ear)
- intèndhere verb (to perceive with the ear)
- intèndiri verb (to perceive with the ear)
- intènnere verb (to perceive with the ear)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cluinn verb (to perceive with the ear)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- slȕšati verb (to perceive with the ear)
- slȕšati verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- čȕti verb (to perceive with the ear)
- слу̏шати verb (to perceive with the ear)
Shan
3 entries- ငိၼ် verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ယိၼ်း verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ၺိၼ် verb (to perceive with the ear)
Sicilian
2 entries- sintiri verb (to perceive with the ear)
- sèntiri verb (to perceive with the ear)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ඇසෙනවා verb (to perceive with the ear)
Slovak
3 entries- počuť verb (to perceive with the ear)
- počuť o verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- čuť verb (to perceive with the ear)
Slovene
1 entries- slišati verb (to perceive with the ear)
Somali
1 entries- maqlid verb (to perceive with the ear)
Spanish
4 entries- aprender verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- enterarse verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- escuchar verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
- oir verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- arki verb (to perceive with the ear)
Swedish
2 entries- höra verb (to perceive with the ear)
- höra verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠢꠥꠘꠣ verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ꠢꠥꠘꠣ verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Tagalog
4 entries- makarinig verb (to perceive with the ear)
- marinig verb (to perceive with the ear)
- marinig verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- marinig verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Tahitian
1 entries- faʻaroʻo verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tajik
1 entries- шунидан verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tamil
2 entries- கேள் verb (to perceive with the ear)
- கேள்விப்படு verb (To receive information about; to come to learn of)
Tatar
1 entries- ишетергә verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tausug
1 entries- dungug verb (to perceive with the ear)
Telugu
1 entries- విను verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tetum
1 entries- rona verb (to perceive with the ear)
Thai
1 entries- ได้ยิน verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཁོ verb (to perceive with the ear)
- གསན verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tocharian B
2 entries- klyaus verb (to perceive with the ear)
- klyaus verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- harim verb (to perceive with the ear)
Turkish
4 entries- duymak verb (to perceive with the ear)
- duymak verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- işitmek verb (to perceive with the ear)
- işitmek verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Turkmen
1 entries- eşitmek verb (to perceive with the ear)
Tuvan
2 entries- дыңнаар verb (to perceive with the ear)
- дыңнап каар verb (to perceive with the ear)
Ugaritic
2 entries- 𐎌𐎎𐎓 verb (to perceive with the ear)
- 𐎌𐎎𐎓 verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Ukrainian
3 entries- почу́ти verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чу́ти verb (to perceive with the ear)
- чу́ти verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- słyšeć verb (to perceive with the ear)
Urdu
1 entries- سُنْنا verb (to perceive with the ear)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئاڭلىماق verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ئىشىتمەك verb (to perceive with the ear)
Uzbek
2 entries- eshitib qolmoq verb (to perceive with the ear)
- eshitmoq verb (to perceive with the ear)
Venetan
1 entries- sentir verb (to perceive with the ear)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghe verb (to perceive with the ear)
Walloon
3 entries- etinde verb (to perceive with the ear)
- oyî verb (to perceive with the ear)
- ôre verb (to perceive with the ear)
Welsh
1 entries- clywed verb (to perceive with the ear)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hearre verb (to perceive with the ear)
Western Apache
1 entries- yidits’įh verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
White Hmong
1 entries- hnov verb (to perceive with the ear)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- ngarrnka verb (to perceive with the ear)
Yiddish
1 entries- הערן verb (to perceive with the ear)
Yurok
2 entries- ko'moyok' verb (to perceive with the ear)
- kom' verb (to perceive with the ear)
Yámana
2 entries- mara verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
- muS verb (to perceive sounds through the ear)
Zealandic
1 entries- 'ore verb (to perceive with the ear)
Zhuang
1 entries- ndaejnyi verb (to perceive with the ear)
ǃKung
1 entries- s'aː verb (to perceive with the ear)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ta̰ã verb (to perceive with the ear)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Most people only want to hear their own truth.
Source: tatoeba (1922)
I don't want to hear any more of your complaining.
Source: tatoeba (2122)
The rooms in this hotel are really very bad at muffling sounds. I can hear my neighbor chewing his gum!
Source: tatoeba (2132)
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