(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 Synonym(s):echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic Antonym(s):nonechoic
like or characteristic of an echo Synonym(s):echoic, echolike