audient Synonyms & Antonyms
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Audient as an Adjective
Listening, paying attention.
Audient as a Noun
A hearer; a member of an audience.
A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
Word Forms & Grammar
audient (not comparable)
audient (plural audients)
Origin of Audient
Origin 1: Borrowed from Latin audientem, accusative singular of audiēns (“hearing, listening; attending, paying attention to”) (or directly from audiēns), the present active participle of audiō (“to hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see”)) + *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).
Origin 2: The noun may be borrowed from Late Latin audiēns (“catechumen”), from the participle audiēns.[1]
Word Facts for Audient
| Part of speech | adjective, noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈɔː.dɪ.ənt/ |
| Syllables | 3 |
| Meaning | Listening, paying attention |
| Plural | audients |
Pronouncing Audient
You say audient as /ˈɔː.dɪ.ənt/. It has 3 syllables, with the main stress on the first syllable (ɔː).