listener

/ˈlɪs(ə)nər/

/ˈlɪsɛnə/

Other forms: listeners

Definitions of listener

1. noun

   someone who listens attentively
   synonyms: attender, auditor, hearer

   types:

   eavesdropper

   a secret listener to private conversations

   phone tapper, tapper, wiretapper

   someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

   type of:

   beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient

   a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses