Meaning

Listening closely to something; attentive..

Definitions by Sense

1. Listening closely to something; attentive.
2. Being receptive or open-minded to new styles of music.
3. Synonym of open-back (“partially covering the ear”).

Example Sentences

Companies should be open-eared to feedback from their customers.

"She is passionate yet level-headed, committed but collaborative, and focused on making important change, while remaining creative and effective," Damodaran wrote in an email to the News. "As a leader, she is extremely communicative and open-eared, which has allowed our group to be most effective in its review of sexual climate at Yale."

Except I was standing underneath Front Street, hard-hatted and open-eared, as representatives from Toronto's Union Station painted a picture of the retail paradise that this cavern was to become.

Be open about your fears and anxieties, and be open-eared to your husband's feelings and thoughts too.

At its best, his writing was open-eared and curious, concerned with both his roots and their limitations.

Many people tend to listen to what they know, but others are more open-eared.

Which is everywhere—being open-eared is ostensibly a sign of anti-racism (not really) and gender progressivism (also not really) and is at least slightly aligned with the tenets of poptimism.

The audience was welcome and open-eared but also intrigued and riled up, and that's what Burton gave back to them.

Word Forms

• more open-eared
• most open-eared

Synonyms for open-eared

Antonyms for open-eared

When Should You Use Open-eared?

Use open-eared when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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