echoic

Definitions of echoic
  1. adjective
    like or characteristic of an echo
    synonyms: echolike
    reflected
    (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
  2. adjective
    (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
    synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
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    antonyms:
    nonechoic
    not echoic or imitative of sound
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