Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ear

5 senses of ear

Sense 1
ear -- (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)
       => sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor -- (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

Sense 2
ear -- (good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch")
       => hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality -- (the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired")

Sense 3
auricle, pinna, ear -- (the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear)
       => cartilaginous structure -- (body structure given shape by cartilage)

Sense 4
ear -- (attention to what is said; "he tried to get her ear")
       => attention, attending -- (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)

Sense 5
ear, spike, capitulum -- (fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn)
       => fruit -- (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)