Synonyms for listener
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lis-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪs ən |
Définition of listener
Origin :- 1610s, "one who listens;" agent noun from listen. Meaning "one who hears a radio broadcast" is from 1912; hence listenership (1938).
- noun hearer
- noun one who hears
- Her voice was little more than a whisper, but it was loud in the listener's heart.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The sympathy of it stirred the listener to fearful memories.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The anguish of that question thrilled the heart of the listener.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Johnnie had the tongue of the improvisator, and he loved a listener.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- It spoke only of the song, yet the listener thought of the singer.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- There was a pause, during which the listener waited, with an anxious expression on his face.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Pale and exhausted, her listener at length entreated her to forbear.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- How long he had been a listener I knew not, but he had come in upon us in the nick of time.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- That it was appreciated by her listener Polly could not doubt.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- She evidently expected her listener to make some comment, so he said, "Oh, indeed!"
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Antonyms for listener
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