listener

noun

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

(computing, programming, chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

(slang) A person's ear.

(formal) A musical anthology.

Synonyms for listener

hearern listenershipn audiencen audientadj eavesdroppern auditorn audiophile

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