Adjective
- 1. echoic (vs. nonechoic), imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
- usage: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
- 2. echoic, echolike, reflected (vs. unreflected)
- usage: like or characteristic of an echo
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