echolike

8.0

Sounds repeat and seem far away like an echo

adjective
/ˈɛkoʊˌlaɪk/

: ecoico

Her voice had an echolike quality in the empty hallway.

Examples

The stadium gave the singer’s applause an echolike resonance.
The cave had an echolike quality that amplified every sound.
An echolike repetition of sounds can be heard in the cave.
Her voice took on an echolike tone in the empty hall.
Her voice had an echolike quality in the empty hallway, bouncing off the walls.
The cave had an echolike quality that amplified every sound, making even whispers resonate.
The stadium gave the singer’s applause an echolike resonance that echoed throughout the arena.

Synonyms

echoey

vsecholike

2 4.5

Having sounds that repeat and ring in a large empty room

is the neutral descriptive term for having repeated reflected sound

reverberant

vsecholike

Specialized

1 8.0

A space that makes sounds continue and repeat like an echo

is the overall attribute of having reflected sound characteristics

echoic

vsecholike

8.8

A sound that repeats as it bounces back from surfaces

is the broader phrase for having those repeated reflected sound qualities

echoing

vsecholike

2.7

A sound or place where noises repeat and seem louder

is the broader quality of having repeated reflections in sound

reverberating

vsecholike

6.3

A sound that continues as echoes, like church bells in a valley

is the general characteristic of having those continuing reflections

How Echoey

reverberant

Specialized

1 8.0

echolike

8.0

echoey

2 4.5

resonant

7 5.6

echoless

8.6

Surface Forms

echolike positive

Morphology

echolike = echo (transparent) = echo + like

The meaning is directly compositional: something that is echolike has qualities resembling an echo.

Etymology

Echolike comes from the simple word echo 'a sound that repeats' and the part -like 'similar to'. So echolike means 'similar to an echo', which is why we use it for a voice or sound that seems to come back.