Forget and Listen

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Forget

Forget verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Usage example: she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college
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Antonyms for Forget
Listen is an antonym for forget.
Nearby Words: forgetful, forgetting, forgetfully

Listen

Listen verb - To pay attention especially through the act of hearing.
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Synonyms for Listen
Antonyms for Listen
Forget is an antonym for listen in hear and pay attention topic.
Nearby Words: listening, listened, listener
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Common collocations

friend forget friend listen friend
man forget man listen man
guy forget guy listen guy
people forget people listen people
Other words: scene, episode, time, way, song, eyes, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • However, in "I Just Wanna", the official line is "I just wanna forget you", but, well, just listen.
    Source: Radar / Music
  • Western Animation / Titan Maximum Gibbs: Don't forget to stab me in the ears, too, darling, so I won't have to listen to another one of your albums.
    Source: Western Animation / Titan Maximum
  • Web Video / Epic Meal Time If you listen carefully in certain episodes, they do forget to edit out some curse words.
    Source: Web Video / Epic Meal Time
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Listen and Forget. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/listen
Forget & Listen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/listen>.
Listen or Forget. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/listen.

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Antonyms for listen

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