audience

1. A gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance (synset 108238818)
   "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
   is a type of: assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
   subtypes:

   • gallery - spectators at a golf or tennis match
   • grandstand - the audience at a stadium or racetrack
   • house - the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
   member holonym:

   • attender, auditor, hearer, listener - someone who listens attentively
   • motion-picture fan, moviegoer - someone who goes to see movies
   • playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer - someone who attends the theater
2. The part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment (synset 108239214)
   "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"
   is a type of: hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed - the common people generally
   subtypes:

   • readership - the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
   • tv audience, viewers, viewing audience - the audience reached by television
   belongs to: populace, public, world - people in general considered as a whole
3. An opportunity to state your case and be heard (synset 114508362)
   "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"
   is a type of: chance, opportunity - a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
   same as: hearing
4. A conference (usually with someone important) (synset 107158332)
   "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
   is a type of: conference, group discussion - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
   same as: consultation, interview

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