hearken

Questions about hearken

What does hearken mean?

hearken means "listen; used mostly in the imperative".

How many syllables are in hearken?

hearken has 3 syllables and divides as he-ar-ken under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hearken?

Close synonyms include hark, harken. 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 hearken a common word?

hearken 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.