AUDIAL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

audial

adjective

ˈȯ-dē-əl

Definition of audial

as in auditory

of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing a specialist in audial disorders in children

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Recent Examples of audial With two stages set up in close proximity, as soon as one band finished, another would fire up immediately, a sort of audial game of hot potato. — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023 With Windows 11, the OS adds new audial and visual tools, and new support for third-party hardware and software. — Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 7 June 2022

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auditory

Adjective

Sprague also argued that Clancy fabricated hearing an auditory hallucination, emphasizing inconsistencies in the story and that Clancy has not heard a voice since.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Reddington is reading a paper about how auditory hallucinations can be reported as both from inside and outside a person’s head.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

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