Listen and Playing

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Listen

Listen verb - To pay attention especially through the act of hearing.
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Playing is an antonym for listen.
Nearby Words: listening, listened, listener

Playing

Playing noun - The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation.
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Antonyms for Playing
Listen is an antonym for playing in topics: act, gamble, have fun, produce music, compete in sport.
Nearby Words: play, played, playful, player, playable
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  • Scooby Stack The Tom and Jerry short "Johann Mouse" has five people popping their heads through a door in order to listen to Tom's piano playing.
    Source: Scooby Stack
  • Music / Leonard Cohen He and his wife were getting ready to leave, but Cohen's song "I'm Your Man" starting playing on his iPod and Ebert chose to linger for a bit so he could listen to his song.
    Source: Music / Leonard Cohen
  • Western Animation / Mr. Peabody & Sherman And if you listen carefully, you can hear that he's playing "Speed Over Beethoven", a Speedy Techno Remake of Fur Elise that appears in several DDR games.
    Source: Western Animation / Mr. Peabody & Sherman
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