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 Print out every word a child hears on the way to mastering language and the stack stands about as tall as a house. — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 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

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The team realizes that the company must be moving into the military space, which would also explain the cheap batteries.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
While the episode appears charming and simple on the surface, an uneasiness starts to settle in as Riley realizes that Amanda and Wooly seem to be communicating directly through the television set.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of realizes

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The later one listens to people explain why inherited status was no longer enough to keep one.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of listens

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Boneh says those efforts could help if AI discovers something unexpected, although the two threats aren’t identical.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
The horror-comedy musical follows Seymour, a florist who discovers a mysterious, bloodthirsty plant that brings him fame and fortune while demanding increasingly deadly sacrifices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of discovers

Verb

Having dressed numerous actresses throughout her career, Chiuri sees a shift in red carpet culture toward individualized creations and, more recently, greater restraint.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Her firm sees the Indian currency trading around 97 per US dollar by end-2026 and at 98 rupees by mid-2027.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of sees

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To cure his sickly daughter, the biotechnologist Raúl finds the cure… inside Lidia (Cindy Galán), her nanny.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The ballad finds Fontaines’ Grian Chatten and Rosalía trading lines over a moody acoustic strum that repeatedly swells with strings and clattering drums.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

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