AURICULAR Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

auricular

adjective

ȯ-ˈri-kyə-lər

Definition of auricular

as in auditory

of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing had auricular proof that the sun was up, as the birds began chirping

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Recent Examples of auricular It can be delivered using a device that sits on the ear and sends an electrical pulse to the auricular branch of the vagus nerve, which is found under the skin in the magenta area in the diagram below. — Paul McClure 22, New Atlas, 22 May 2025 While everyone has auricular muscles, only a small number of people can consciously flex these muscles to wiggle their ears. — Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025 Some people can control their auricular muscles to move the ear slightly but to a noticeable extent, an ability that seems to have a genetic basis. — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2017

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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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