listener

lis-ten-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who listens, especially to a radio broadcast or podcast.

  2. 2.

    A person who listens attentively to others.

Forms

plural: listeners

Related words

Antonyms: speaker, talker
See also: audience, hearer, listen
Synonyms: audience member, hearer

Etymology

From Old English hlystan (to listen), plus the suffix -er.