audial

Perceived through ears

Audial means relating to hearing or sound, the ear's counterpart to visual for the eye.

The word is less common than auditory, which covers the same ground: audial processing, audial learners.

Some prefer audial for its cleaner parallel with visual.

hearing

eardrum

Inner auditory membrane

earache · pinna · earlobe · hearing aid · deafness · aural · otology · ear canal · inner ear · outer ear

acoustics

resonance

Amplified oscillation at natural frequency

timbre · echo · reverberation · pitch · tone · harmonics · waveform · modulation · oscillation · spectrum

listening

attention

Focused mental awareness

engagement · retention · awareness · perception · discernment · active listening · eavesdropping · attentive · receptive · ear training

Opposites
sensory modality

audialvisual

Of or concerning sight

tactile · olfactory · gustatory · haptic · optical

presence of sound

audialsilent

Producing no sound

soundless · inaudible · noiseless · nonauditory · mute

Phrases
Family

audience, audit, audible, audition, audio, auditorium, inaudible, auditor, auditory

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G