English dictionary

overhear

/,/oU/v/@/r'h/i/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

verb.perception

Examples
We overheard the conversation at the next table.

Synonyms catch take in

Source: WordNet 3.0
To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.

verb

Source: webster1913