echoic
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˈɛkoʊɪk/
- 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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2.7
A sound or place where noises repeat and seem louder
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4.5
Having sounds that repeat and ring in a large empty room
Sounds repeat and seem far away like an echo
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.