listening synonyms

listening

modif.

hearing, paying attention, heeding, attending, overhearing, hearkening, giving ear, straining to hear, receiving, accepting, lending an ear*, pricking up one's ears*; see also interested 1, involved 1.

Antonyms indifferent*, giving no attention, inattentive.

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