echoic

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/ɪˈkəʊɪk//ɛˈkəʊɪk/

adjective

Of or pertaining to an echo

Similar
onomatopoeicimitativeonomatopoeicalonomatopoeticecholikereflected
Opposite
anechoicnonechoic
OriginEnglish echo ← Middle English eccho ← Medieval Latin ēccō →
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Meanings

adjectiveechoic (comparative more echoic, superlative most echoic)

comparative more echoic · superlative most echoic

  1. Of or pertaining to an echo
  2. resembling a sound
    1. imitative of a sound
    2. Synonym of onomatopoeic.

      Synonyms: onomatopoeic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of onomatopoeic.

Similar
onomatopoeic

antonym(s) of “pertaining to echoes”

Opposite
anechoic

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound

Similar
imitativeonomatopoeiconomatopoeicalonomatopoetic
Opposite
nonechoic

adjectivelike or characteristic of an echo

Similar
echolikereflected
Also see
echolikeimitativeonomatopoeiconomatopoeticreflected

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Latinēchō
  6. Medieval Latinēccō
  7. Middle Englisheccho
  8. Englishecho
  9. Englishechoic

From echo + -ic.

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Translations

Esperanto eĥa
  • eĥaOf or pertaining to an echo
Finnish kaiku-
  • kaiku-Of or pertaining to an echo

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

echoic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoic

MLA

“echoic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echoic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoic.

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