Synonyms:
hearer, listener, auditor, attender
Meaning: someone who listens attentively
Usage examples
When she spoke a peculiar melody struck the hearer's ears.
The words came in a cold snarl that curdled the hearer's blood.
No hearer, not even Bartle Massey, was so delighted with this toast as Mr. Poyser.
Then Felicia said abruptly, as if she had gone on with a spoken thought to some invisible hearer: "And what if he should propose the same pledge to the Nazareth Avenue Church?"