HEARS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

hears

verb

present tense third-person singular of hear

as in realizes

to come to an awareness of I heard your sister is home from the hospital

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as in listens

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing

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Recent Examples of hears Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In the song’s closing moments, the Edge hears something older than country music in Parton’s voice. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026 Often a parent hears a child speaking English with friends or siblings and assumes the child is already proficient and has exited the program, Villarreal said. — Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 The recusal comes shortly before the court hears the case filed by local officials in Boulder, Colorado, against Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Making the editing process even more complex was the fact that Jamal hears three voices. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Deadline hears that Paramount has agreed to some CNN guardrails, financial penalties linked to CEO David Ellison‘s 30 movies a year commitment, and some sort of separation of the studios for a period. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 Tucked inside that ambivalence, Longwell hears an opportunity. — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 They’re stuck in a yearslong waiting period until a backlogged court system hears their case. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hears

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Meanwhile, America is now in the war, and veteran Adam is seemingly the only person in Salinas who realizes that this isn’t necessarily a noble thing.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Mullen now realizes that all of that creative struggle, however frustrating, had a purpose.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of realizes

Verb

Strangely enough, Porsha’s humor gets through to Luann, who listens to what the rest of the cast has to say about her and decides to take stock of her behavior and try to do better.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
The group listens intently as a symphony of airplanes, freeway traffic and the ploop!

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of listens

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The movie’s heady content — Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the title role as a high-schooler who discovers the philosophy of time travel alongside his responsibility to change fate — provided endless fodder for late-night discussions, sober or otherwise.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
In one story, a little boy discovers a magical garden that appears only on the darkest nights; in another, two sisters use the moon as a boat and sail into the sky.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of discovers

Verb

This year also sees the debut of Tasveer EDU, which will run sessions throughout the year on development, financing, casting, rights and distribution.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Beyond the food, Robinson sees the event as another example of Kansas City’s increasingly diverse restaurant scene.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of sees

Verb

Jason Sudeikis does sneak in the final emotional moment, when Ted learns that Mae Green, the beloved owner of the local Crown & Anchor pub, apparently died while cheering on the team from the stands.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Verity is immobile and catatonic, and Lowen learns that the family’s life is also darkened by a child’s accidental death.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of learns

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But when the 17-year-old Russian returns what seems like moments later with a solution to significantly advance the theories outlined in the paper, the professor finds himself with a new research partner.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Pi-o immediately packs his bags, and finds the church on the front of the postcard.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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