Meaning
- (verb) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in. “I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.”
- (verb) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
- (noun) Listening secretly to private conversation of others.
- (noun) The interception of electronic communication.
- (noun) The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
Letter breakdown
- Eavesdropping contains 13 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 11 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 22.
Synonyms
Words from these letters
- disapprove
- grapevines
- approving
- depraving
- deserving
- disproven
- droppings
- eavesdrop
- endeavors
- envisaged
- espionage
- grandiose
- grapevine
- overspend
- personage
- pervading
- sandpiper
- sovereign
- spreading
- apprised
- approved
- approves
- avengers
- aversion
- deposing
- depraves
- deprives
- deranges
- designer
- diagnose
- disagree
- disprove
- diverges
- dropping
- endeavor
- engraved
- engraves
- envisage
- governed
- grandees
- grenades
- invaders
- nosedive
- operands
- organdie
- overages
- overpaid
- papering
- parodies
- personae
- pervades
- pioneers
- poniards
- presaged
- provides
- readings
- reasoned
- redesign
- regained
Connected words
Other 13-letter words
- abbreviations
- abnormalities
- abolitionists
- accelerations
- acceptability
- accessibility
- acclimatizing
- accommodating
- accommodation
- accompaniment
- accomplishing
- accouterments
- accoutrements
- accreditation
- acculturation
- accumulations
- acetaminophen
- acknowledging
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Reader questions
What does Eavesdropping mean?
To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
How many letters are in Eavesdropping?
Eavesdropping has 13 letters.
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