auditory

1. 1.

   of or relating to the process of hearing

   “auditory processing”

   “an audile person”

   Synonymsaudileauditive

Questions about auditory

What does auditory mean?

auditory means "of or relating to the process of hearing".

How many syllables are in auditory?

auditory has 4 syllables: au-di-to-ry. The stress falls on "au". In IPA it is /ˈɔdɪˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for auditory?

Close synonyms include audile, auditive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is auditory a common word?

auditory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.