quick-eared
/'kwik'iəd/
Definition
Adjective 1. Having keen or acute hearing: Describes a person or animal that can hear very well, detecting faint or distant sounds easily.
Usage
The adjective "quick-eared" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "be" or "seem"). It is a somewhat literary or descriptive term.
Examples
- The quick-eared guard heard the faint rustling in the bushes long before anyone else.
- Cats are famously quick-eared, able to hear the high-pitched squeak of a mouse from a considerable distance.
- The old hunter, still quick-eared, could identify bird species by their calls alone.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metaphorically to describe someone who is very attentive to news, gossip, or subtle information in conversation.
- The journalist was quick-eared, always the first to pick up on rumors of a political scandal.
Variants and Related Words
- Sharp-eared: A very close synonym with identical meaning.
- Keen-eared: Another direct synonym.
- Eagle-eared: An informal, emphatic variant suggesting exceptionally sharp hearing.
Synonyms
- Sharp-eared
- Keen-eared
- Acute of hearing
Antonyms
- Hard of hearing
- Deaf
- Unheeding (in the metaphorical sense)
Adjective
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having keen hearing
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