hearing: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with H · ends with G
Meaning of hearing
adj
Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
Example: Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.
Source: Wiktionary — hearing.
noun
- uncountable
The sense used to perceive sound.
Example: My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.
- uncountable
The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
Example: She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence.
- countable
Something heard; a report or piece of news.
- countable
The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
Listed forms: hearings.
Source: Wiktionary — hearing.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of hear
Base or related entry: hear.
Source: Wiktionary — hearing.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hearing.
noun
an opportunity to state your case and be heard
noun
the range within which a voice can be heard
noun
the act of hearing attentively
noun
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
- audition
- auditory sense
- sense of hearing
- auditory modality
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hearing in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hearing
H(4) + E(1) + A(1) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of hearing
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from hearing
90 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hearing. Showing up to 24, longest first.