Synonyms and antonyms of The ear and hearing in British Thesaurus

anvil (noun)

medical a small bone in your middle ear between the hammer and the stirrup

(as) deaf as a post ()

very deaf

audio- (prefix)

sound or hearing: used with some adjectives and nouns

auditory (adjective)

formal relating to hearing

auditory nerve (noun)

a nerve in your ear that sends signals relating to hearing and balance from your inner ear to your brain

aural (adjective)

relating to your ears or hearing

cochlea (noun)

a part of your inner ear that has a spiral shape and contains very small hairs that move when sound waves come into your ear

deaf (adjective)

not able to hear anything, or not able to hear very well. Many deaf people wear a hearing aid to help them hear. Deaf people often use their hands to communicate in sign language, and many can lip-read what other people are saying

deafen (verb)

to make someone unable to hear either temporarily or permanently

deaf mute (noun)

old-fashioned someone who cannot hear or speak. This word is now considered offensive.

ear (noun)

one of the two parts at the sides of your head that you hear with

ear (noun)

the ability to hear and judge sounds

earache (noun)

pain in your ear, usually caused by an infection

eardrum (noun)

a piece of tightly stretched skin inside your ear that vibrates when sound reaches it

earlobe (noun)

the soft part at the bottom of your ear

earplug (noun)

a small piece of plastic or rubber that you put in your ear to keep noise or water out

ear trumpet (noun)

an object that people used in the past to help them to hear, shaped like a tube that is wide at one end

earwax (noun)

a dark yellow substance in your ears

Eustachian tube (noun)

one of the two tubes in your body that connect your ears to your throat and control the air pressure in your ears

external ear (noun)

the outside part of the ear

hammer (noun)

medical the malleus in the ear

hard of hearing (adjective)

unable to hear well

hearer (noun)

someone who hears what someone else says

hearing (noun)

your ability to hear sounds

hearing aid (noun)

a small piece of equipment that someone wears in their ear to help them to hear

hearing-impaired (adjective)

unable to hear as well as most people can. Many people now prefer this word to deaf.

incus (noun)

a small bone in your middle ear between the malleus and the stapes

induction loop (noun)

a system in which a wire around a room such as a theatre sends a signal to the hearing aids of people in the room

inner ear (noun)

the inside part of your ear that controls your balance and your ability to hear

lip-read (verb)

to look at someone’s lips in order to understand what they are saying because you cannot hear them

lobe (noun)

your earlobe

lug (noun)

informal an ear

lughole (noun)

Britishinformal an ear

the malleus (noun)

the first of three small bones in your middle ear that carry sound from your eardrum to your inner ear

middle ear (noun)

the part of your ear that is between the outer part that you can see and your eardrum

outer ear (noun)

the part of your ear that is on the outside of your head

pinna (noun)

the part of your ear that is on the outside of your head

pop (verb)

if your ears pop, you feel a sudden change of pressure in them. This often happens when you are going up or down very quickly, for example in a plane.

semicircular canal (noun)

one of the three tubes in your inner ear that is shaped like half of a circle and is important for balance

sharp-eared (adjective)

able to hear even very quiet sounds

stapes ()

a small bone in your middle ear that is nearest to your inner ear

stirrup (noun)

medical a small bone in your middle ear that is nearest to your inner ear

syringe (verb)

to put liquid into someone’s ears using a tube, in order to clean them

tone deaf (adjective)

unable to sing a tune correctly because you cannot hear the difference between musical notes

vestibule (noun)

medical the middle part of your inner ear, between the cochlea and the semicircular canals

wax (noun)

earwax