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

The mother may also have auditory or visual hallucinations that drive her to harm herself or the infant.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Anger and fear were processed in the right ectosylvian gyrus and the left splenal gyrus—the former integrating visual, auditory, and other sensory information, and the latter managing visual perception, spatial orientation, and episodic memory.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

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