auditory

adjective

1 auditory

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noun

Roget 418: hearing etc. v.; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping; audibility.    acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear; ear for music.    ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus; eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane.    [devices to aid human hearing by amplifying sound] ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope.    [distance within which direct hearing is possible] earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance.    [devices for talking beyond hearing distance: list] telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie [Mil.], handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication; (communication) 525, 527, 529, 531, 532; electronic devices [devices for recording and reproducing recorded sound], phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon^†.    [device to convert sound to electrical signals] microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone.    [devices to convert recorded sound to electronic signals] phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup; reading head (electronic devices). hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in.    auditory, audience.    [science of hearing] otology, otorhinolaryngology.    [physicians specializing in hearing] otologist, otorhinolaryngologist.    ... show more

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus^†, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis.    play, drama, stage play, piece [Fr.], five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta^†, lever de rideau [Fr.], interlude, afterpiece^†, exode^†, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta^†, harlequinade^†, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe [Fr.], ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame [Fr.]; melodrama, melodrame^†; comidie larmoyante [Fr.], sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue; duologue trilogy^†; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy.    [movies] western, horse opera; flick [Coll.]; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film.    act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue; libretto.    performance, representation, mise en scene [Fr.], stagery^†, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; acting; gesture etc. 550; impersonation etc. 554; stage business, gag, buffoonery.    light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy.    theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini^†; marionettes, Punch and Judy.    auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet; greenroom, coulisses [Fr.].    flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium.    stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra.    theatrical costume, theatrical properties.    movie studio, back lot, on location.    part, role, character, dramatis personae [Lat.]; repertoire.    actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer^†; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter [Slang]; masker^†.    pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo^†, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello^†; pulcinello^†, pulcinella^†; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante^†, general utility; super, supernumerary.    company; first tragedian, prima donna [Sp.], protagonist; jeune premier [Fr.]; debutant, debutante [Fr.]; light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso^†, heavy father, ingenue [Fr.], jeune veuve [Fr.].    mummer, guiser^†, guisard^†, gysart^†, masque.    mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse [Fr.].    property man, costumier, machinist; prompter, call boy; manager; director, stage manager, acting manager.    producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel [Fig.].    dramatic author, dramatic writer; play writer, playwright; dramatist, mimographer^†.    ... show more

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