Audience

Noun

 * 1)  Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
 * 2) A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc.; the crowd seeing a stage performance.
 * 3) A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
 * 4) The readership of a book or other written publication.
 * 5) A following.

Adjectives for Audience
intelligent; sympathetic; understanding; appreciative; meager; sophisticated; attentive; interested; discerning; approving; imposing; vociferous; distinguished; admiring; enchanted; happy; democratic; meticulous; hilarious; enthusiastic;   frenzied;  vast; crowded; wide; undetermined; large; huge; fair; capacity; slender; tense; hushed; expectant; whispering; breathless; startled astonished; mystified; chilled; bewildered; hard-boiled; wayward; cynical; hostile; critical;  ribald; unprecedented;  unseen; reading; special; famished; invited; dull applauding; nightly; respectable; imaginary; apathetic; suspicious;  technical; motley martial; impromptu; select; laughing; legislative; eager; delighted; dead-struck; enormous; gloomy; indiscriminate;  polished; tragic; absorbed; satisfied; circular; pitying; listless; reasonable; added; dreary; prospective;  elect; stupid; unresponsive advertent; haughty.

Verbs for Audience
accustom to—; admit—; appeal to—; assemble—; break up—; command—; convulse—; crave—; delight—; dismiss—-;draw—; enslave—;  enthuse (colloq.)—; exhort—; grant—; harangue—; hypnotize —; inflame—; lend—; lure—; overwhelm —; panic—; scan—; seek—; survey—; sway—; vouchsafe—; win—; —acclaims; —applauds; —cheers; —claps; —demands; — detects; —gapes; —gasps; —groans; — hisses; —howls; —laughs; —listens; — melts away; —packs; —pays; —responds; —roars; —rustles; —sobs; —stamps; — swells; —thrills; —throngs; —weeps.

Thesaurus
accepter; acquirer; addressee; aficionado; attender; attention; audition; auditor; auditory; bargaining; bargaining session; beholder; buff; bugging; claqueur; clientage; clientele; conclave; confab; confabulation; conference; confrontation; congregation; congress; consideration; consignee; consultation; convention; council; council fire; council of war; deadhead; discussion; ear; eavesdropping; electronic surveillance; exchange of views; eyeball-to-eyeball encounter; fan; favorable attention; frequenter; gallery; getter; groundling; habitue; haunter; hearer; hearing; high-level talk; hired applauder; holder; house; huddle; interchange of views; interview; listener; listening; listening in; looker; meeting; moviegoer; negotiations; news conference; obtainer; orchestra; palaver; parley; pass holder; patron; payee; pit; playgoer; pourparler; powwow; press conference; procurer; public; receiver; recipient; seance; session; sitting; spectator; standee; summit; summit conference; summitry; taker; theater; theatergoer; trustee; tryout; viewer; visitor; wiretapping

Etymology
From audience:.

Synonyms

 * spectators, crowd

Derived terms

 * intended audience
 * target audience

Related terms

 * audition