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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
- Example: "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"
- Example: "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
[syn: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic]

2. like or characteristic of an echo;
[syn: echoic, echolike]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

echoic \echoic\ adj.
   1. (linguistics) Formed in imitation of a natural sound; --
      of words. Contrasted to nonechoic.

   Syn: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. Like or characteristic of an echo.

   Syn: echolike.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

echoic
    adj 1: (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 [syn: echoic,
           imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical,
           onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic]
    2: like or characteristic of an echo [syn: echoic, echolike]