Auditory

From Latin audītōrius ("pertaining to hearing").

Full definition of auditory

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing

Synonyms

• otic

Derived terms

• auditory bone
• auditory nerve

From Latin audītōrium.

Noun

1. (archaic) An assembly of hearers; an audience.
• 1661, Robert Boyle, , p. 7:...and because though these learned Gentlemen (sayes he, turning to his two friends) need not fear to discourse before any Auditory...
2. (archaic) An auditorium.

Related terms

• audition
• audio