echoic
- adjective
- /ˈɛkoʊɪk/
:
ecoico
- Walker's crying is heard—echoic.
Examples
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Erin was a swimmer in the lightless, tasty, echoic seas of Europa.
Fiction book (2001) -
The two men walk cautiously through the echoic interior.
Fiction book (1998) -
Silence except for echoic ticking.
Fiction book (1998) -
Besides the general echoic effect by which it links words, alliterative consonance in Macbeth seems to create important links in meaning, symbolism, and imagery.
Academic text (1997) -
As some of the previous examples have already shown, many of these separate effects come together within a larger unit of several phrases or clauses to give echoic effects through chiasmus, anaphora, ploce, and other figures within a larger speech structure.
Academic text (1997) -
Those reverberations find in this scene a general counterpart in a particularly rich echoic language enhanced by alliterative consonance, some near alliterative consonance, and normal alliteration.
Academic text (1997) -
The echoic sound of the distant waves created a calming atmosphere in the quiet room.
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In the concert hall, the echoic effects of the music filled every corner, enhancing the experience.
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The poet used echoic phrases to resonate with familiar musical rhythms throughout the poem.
Synonyms
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Having sounds that repeat and ring in a large empty room
Sounds repeat and seem far away like an echo
A sound or place where noises repeat and seem louder
Antonyms
How Echoic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Echoic comes from the same root echo, which means 'sound' and suggests a noise that 'comes back'. So, something echoic is like an echo, a sound that seems to return or fill a space.