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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention |
| Synonyms: | appreciation, consideration, discrimination, hearing, heed, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, regard, remark, sensitivity, taste |
| Main Entry: | hearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive sound |
| Synonyms: | audition, auditory, auditory range, detecting, distinguishing, ear, earshot, effect, extent, faculty, hearing distance, listening, perception, range, reach, recording, sense |
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, thought |
| Synonyms: | TLC, application, attention, carefulness, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear, heedfulness, interest, listen up, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, tender loving care, watchfulness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | observation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, attention, care, cognizance, concern, consideration, ear, grasp, heed, mark, mind, note, observance, regard, remark, respect, thought, understanding |
| Antonyms: | heedlessness, ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | seed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, source |
| Synonyms: | berry, bud, cell, conceit, concept, conception, core, corn, ear, egg, embryo, germ, grain, image, impression, inkling, kernel, notion, nucleus, nut, ovule, ovum, particle, rudiment, semen, spark, sperm, spore, start, suspicion |
| Notes: | cede means to give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another - while a seed is a small hard fruit or a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat a spore is a lone reproductive cell capable of producing a plant without combining with another cell; a seed develops from sexual recombination of genes from within one plant or two separate plants |
| Antonyms: | effect, end, ending, result |
| Main Entry: | listener |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who hears |
| Synonyms: | auditor, ear |
| Antonyms: | talker |
| Main Entry: | abalone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shell |
| Synonyms: | ear, mollusk, ormer |
| Main Entry: | lobe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flap |
| Synonyms: | convexity, ear, excurvation, fold, lap, node, portion, projection, protuberance, section, wattle |
| Main Entry: | antenna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics |
| Synonyms: | aerial, bird snapper, bullwhip, ears, feelers, rabbit ears, receiver, sky wire, whip*, wire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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