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noun. ['ˈlɪsənɝ, ˈlɪsnɝ'] someone who listens attentively.
- observer
- percipient
- perceiver
- attender
- audience
- auditor
- beholder
- hearer
Rhymes with Listener
- whisner
- wissner
- wisner
- risner
- lissner
- kissner
- kisner
- isner
1. Noun, singular or mass
One of the secrets to getting him to listen to you is to be a good listener for him.
1. I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
- Ian Frazier
2. The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.
- Kelly Wearstler
3. It takes a great man to be a good listener.
- Calvin Coolidge
A good listener is a silent flatterer
A good listener is usually thinking about something else
A good listener truly wants to know the speaker
A good listener has only half words
He is a good listener but a poor speaker
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