ADJECTIVE | pert | onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic | of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia |
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all | onomatopoeic, echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound |
Meaning | Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. | |
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Synonym | onomatopoetic | |
Spanish | onomatopéyico | |
Catalan | onomatopeic | |
Nouns | onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
Meaning | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound. | |
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Example | "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises" | |
Synonyms | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | |
Opposite | nonechoic | not echoic or imitative of sound |
Spanish | ecoico, onomatopeico |
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