Thesaurus:ear

THESAURUS

ear

English

Noun

Sense: the organ of hearing

Synonyms

• ear
• King Lear (Cockney rhyming slang)
• listener
• lug (Northern England)
• shell-like (UK, slang)

Hyponyms

• cauliflower ear
• jug ears (plural only)

Hypernyms

• body part
• organ    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• auricle (of an animal)
• outer ear
• pinna
• auditory canal
• eardrum
• malleus
• incus
• stapes
• cochlea

Holonyms

• countenance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• face
• head    [⇒ thesaurus]
• body    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “ear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ear” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.