Dictionary.com
definitions

audile

[ aw-dil, -dahyl ]
/ ˈɔ dɪl, -daɪl /
|
SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR audile ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Psychology.

a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.

RELATED WORDS

audible, aural, auditive, hearing, audio, acoustic, auricular, sound, otic, auditory, phonic

Nearby words

audible, audie, audience, audience room, audience share, audile, auding, audio, audio book, audio conference, audio description

Origin of audile

First recorded in 1885–90; aud(itory) + -ile
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for audile

  • So that the "mixed type" is the only real type, the extreme visualist or audile, etc., being exceptional and not typical.

    Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth

  • The audile phenomena were so frequent and so various, that a conspectus of them is given in an appendix.

    The Alleged Haunting of B---- House|Various

British Dictionary definitions for audile

audile

/ (ˈɔːdɪl, ˈɔːdaɪl) psychol /

noun

a person who possesses a faculty for auditory imagery that is more distinct than his visual or other imagery

adjective

of or relating to such a person

Word Origin for audile

C19: from aud (itory) + -ile
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for audile

audile

[ ô′dīl′ ]

adj.

Relating to hearing; auditory.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.