9 Letter Words for Listening
enlisting, listening, tinseling
8 Letter Words for Listening
enisling, ensiling, genistin, gentisin, ginniest, leninist, leniting, lignites, lingiest, nestling, steining
7 Letter Words for Listening
gentiin, ginnels, glisten, ignites, ingenit, ingines, intines, lensing, lesting, lignins, lignite, liniest, linings, linnets, linnies, linties, listing, nesting, seiling, seining, senting, setling, silting, singlet, sliting, sniglet, stiling, tensing, tilings, tingles, tinnies
6 Letter Words for Listening
elints, engilt, enlist, ensign, gentil, gilets, gilten, ginnel, ginnet, ginnle, glents, glinse, glints, ignite, ingent, ingest, ingine, ingles, inisle, inlets, inline, innest, insite, intens, intine, isling, legist, legits, lignes, lignin, linens, linget, lining, linins, linnet, linten, lintie, listen, liting, nentsi, ningle, seling, seniti, sennit, sigint, signet, sileni, silent, siling, single, sining, sinnet, siting, slinge, slinte, stinge, tennis, tiling, tinges, tingle, tinies, tining, tinnie, tinsel
5 Letter Words for Listening
elint, elsin, engin, enlit, entsi, geist, geits, genii, genin, genit, gents, giles, gilet, gilse, gilts, gisel, gites, gleis, gleit, glenn, glens, glent, glint, glist, glits, ignis, ingle, inlet, innet, innit, inset, intel, intil, intis, intnl, islet, istle, legin, legis, legit, lengs, lenin, lenis, lenti, liens, liest, ligne, linen, lines, linge, lings, linie, linin, linns, lints, lites, neist, nelis, nines, nisei, segni, sengi, senit, senti, sient, sigil, silen, singe, slent, sline, sling, slite, snite, steil, stein, steng, stile, stine, sting, teils, tiens, tiges, tiles, tines, tinge, tingi, tings, tsine
4 Letter Words for Listening
elts, engl, engs, gein, geit, gels, genl, gens, gent, gest, gets, gien, gies, gile, gils, gilt, ginn, gins, gise, gist, gite, gits, glei, glen, glis, glit, init, inne, inns, inst, inti, intl, isle, isnt, itel, legs, leis, leng, lens, lent, lest, lets, lien, lies, lige, ligs, liin, line, ling, linn, lins, lint, list, lite, liti, lits, negs, nein, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nine, nisi, nist, nits, seil, seit, selt, sent, sien, sign, sile, silt, sine, sing, site, siti, slit, snig, snit, steg, sten, stge, stie, stlg, tegs, teil, teli, tels, teng, tens, tien, ties, tige, tigs, tile, tils, tine, ting, tins
3 Letter Words for Listening
eli, els, elt, eng, enl, ens, est, gel, gen, get, gie, gin, gis, git, glt, gns, gte, ign, ile, ing, inn, ins, int, ise, isl, isn, ist, its, leg, lei, les, let, lie, lig, lin, lis, lit, lst, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nil, nis, nit, nne, seg, sei, sel, sen, set, sie, sig, sil, sin, sit, sle, slt, stg, teg, tel, ten, tes, tgn, tie, tig, til, tin, tis, tln, tng, tsi
Definitions for Listening
[1] to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
[2] to pay attention; heed; obey (often followed by to ): Children don't always listen to their parents.
[3] to wait attentively for a sound (usually followed by for ): to listen for sounds of their return.
[4] Informal . to convey a particular impression to the hearer; sound: The new recording doesn't listen as well as the old one.
[5] Archaic . to give ear to; hear.
[6] listen in , to listen to a radio or television broadcast: Listen in tomorrow for the names of the lottery winners. to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop: Someone was listening in to his private calls.
[7] to concentrate on hearing something
[8] to take heed; pay attention I told you many times but you wouldn't listen
Words related to Listening
listenattending, interested, receiving, hearkening, accepting, heeding, attentive
Words nearby Listening
listenlisted building, listed company, listed security, listee, listel, listen, listen in, listen to reason, listenable, listenership, listening post
Origin of Listening
before 950; Middle English lis(t)nen, Old English hlysnan; cognate with Middle High German lüsenen, Swedish lyssna; akin to list5
Other words from Listening
lis·ten·er , noun
re·lis·ten , verb
un·lis·ten·ing , adjective
Word origin for Listening
Old English hlysnan; related to Old High German lūstrēn
Synonyms for Listening
accepting, attending, concentrating, hearkening, heeding, interested, receiving, attentive, paying attention
