onomatopoeic
1. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
• Syn:
onomatopoetic
• Pertains to noun:
onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoetic), onomatopoeia
• Derivationally related forms:
onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoetic)
2. (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, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
• Ant:
nonechoic (for: echoic)
• Derivationally related forms:
onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoetic), onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoeical)
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