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over-heard

adjective as in overheard

verb as in bug

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in eavesdrop

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Example Sentences

John, who had over-heard the question, brought up the rifles at once but Mr. Wallace waved him back and took out his glasses.

The gentleman who had come to oppose me said it was the best sermon, or about the best, he had over heard.

She must have been strangled almost instantaneously as, had she cried out, she would have been over-heard by those on the terrace.

The coxswain of the boat that brought Miles over heard him make the remark that no one was hurt on the rebel side.

This was to be inferred from the conversation with Kennedy over-heard by Aronson.

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On this page you'll find 143 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over heard, such as: discovered, heard, and recorded.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.