Reverse Dictionary

Reverse Dictionary

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hear hark hearken eavesdrop list listenable deaf ear lithe attend listen in prick relisten audience heed tap melodious receptive radio hang on incline lest Lent wiretap stethoscope melodic tune in confess listening post hearing tend rating catch buttonhole hear out tuneless easy on the eye/ear turn captive audience lend an ear jury lend listening turn a deaf ear rock'n'roll [or] rockandroll pay attention listened earphones headphones ear candy coffeehouse listen up tune listen with only half an ear

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attention cock an/your ear mellifluous harken read my lips understand lend an ear (or one's ears) avast listening device prick up your ears hang load pin back your ears listenership stream unreasonable accept mark my words rehear upstage play sth back earpiece hold court bug stubborn art easy on the eye (or ear) deaf to something imperative tuner personal stereo pigheaded hang on something eat up cruisy podcast gavel yes mind raucous pretty close your ears (to) voice mail court hold on drink listen to reason rock-'n'-roll amenable rock follow listen out for concert hall pay just a minute/second/moment open to reason modulated appliable force–feed shut your ears to something lip musical lend an ear (to) a sympathetic ear hear someone out hang on someone's every word dulcet dramatic soft cock one's ear close your ears to something throat lap up something ignore listen in on sth/sb open-minded hang on/hold on a minute listening figures handset audience flow counsellor brush dictator what drink sth in drink in someone's ears are flapping mail listen in (on something) brush off shrill compelling juicy in private brushoff digital radio reedy turn a deaf ear (to) ping captive rough attention span lecture theatre music prick (up) your ears there's none so blind as those who will not see observe the ratings like talking to a (brick) wall exchange have someone’s ear counsel hear sb out not want to know phone-tapping perceptible moan play unlistenable hack never hear the end of it prolix ram sth down sb's throat have/keep an open mind open mind brush away fetoscope inattention auditor devour dictatorial hear from hard public brush sth off thin receive rubber sympathize save your breath phone hacking force/ram sth down sb's throat ostracize play back people oyez a shoulder to cry on observer weigh up painful dip into ear-popping nightclub lilting be like talking to a brick wall don’t waste your breath progressive attentively monitor language laboratory reach transfixed package get a load of pay someone no mind wire antipode wait a minute/second Dictaphone honeyed phone tapping cantata undivided transcription earphone avidly soiree insidious speakerphone law court rating point dynamic take aside audition wake up! prick (sth) up hang about headliner distrust open-door policy pop iPod transfix stative running time eavesdropper cumulative audience drivetime oink mass-meeting telephone stenographer the gift of the gab put on Walkman adverb inveigh dictate nonjudgmental ineffectual comprehension commentator love-in pompous guided tour prudent specter hl catholic pontifical interpreter magisterial entice fortress mentality ear-tickler webinar silence listless banner aim authoritative earnestness muted parse transcribe infatuation nostalgic extol deem elder bemoan hipster neighboring remark somberly cassette auscultation philippic audio-active compel flexibility incite homophone ultimately screech accord carp discount disobey meadow pray sibilant scintillating revolutionize syllable conversation jive lovelorn lugubrious hype physical flapper crescent meekly pleonasm pour representative stalk iterative done highlight on the go obey orneriness patter bugged ceaseless yodeling therapist biddable glockenspiel infer latest sniff frustrating technological bear gloat chaff visual obstinate

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Words For "listen"

As you've probably noticed, words for "listen" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "listen" are: hear, hark, hearken, eavesdrop, and list. There are 350 other words that are related to or similar to listen listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "listen" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.

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