echoless

8.6

A place or sound where noise does not bounce back

adjective
/ˈiːkoʊlɛs/

: sin eco

The cave seemed oddly echoless, absorbing every sound we made.

Examples

The cave was eerily echoless.
Sound engineers designed the studio to be completely echoless for accurate recordings.
As the door closed, an echoless silence filled the abandoned hall.
In the echoless chamber, even whispers sounded strange.
In the echoless room, every sound was absorbed, creating an unsettling silence.
The orchestra performed in an echoless hall, where the music felt strangely flat.
After a few moments in the echoless cave, she realized she could hardly hear anything.

Synonyms

unreverberant

vsecholess

Specialized

9.9

Not causing echoes in a room or material

applies to places or sounds rather than spaces or materials

nonresonant

vsecholess

Specialized

9.1

Not making echoes or long ringing sounds

describes lack of echoes specifically, not lack of resonance

Antonyms

resonant

7 5.6

A deep clear sound that lasts for a while

echoing

2.7

A sound or place where noises repeat and seem louder

How Echoey

reverberant

Specialized

1 8.0

echoey

2 4.5

resonant

7 5.6

echoless

8.6

Surface Forms

echoless positive

Morphology

echoless = echo (transparent) = echo + less

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'echo' + the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning is immediately derivable.

Etymology

Echoless is made from echo, a sound that 'returns' to you, and the ending -less, which means 'without', so echoless describes a place or sound that is 'without an echo'.