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onomatopoetic
on·o·mat·o·poe·ia O0080800 (ŏn′ə-măt′ə-pē′ə, -mä′tə-)n. The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
[Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiiā, from onomatopoios, coiner of names : onoma, onomat-, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots + poiein, to make; see kwei- in Indo-European roots.]
on′o·mat′o·poe′ic, on′o·mat′o·po·et′ic (-pō-ĕt′ĭk) adj.on′o·mat′o·poe′i·cal·ly, on′o·mat′o·po·et′i·cal·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | onomatopoetic - of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeiaonomatopoeic | | 2. | onomatopoetic - (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 Hoijerechoic, onomatopoeical, imitative, onomatopoeic |
onomatopoeticadjectiveImitating sounds:echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeonomatopoeiaonomatopoetic
Related to onomatopoetic: Onomatopoeic WordsSynonyms for onomatopoeticadj imitating soundsSynonyms- echoic
- imitative
- onomatopoeic
Synonyms for onomatopoeticadj of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeiaSynonymsadj (of words) formed in imitation of a natural soundSynonyms- echoic
- onomatopoeical
- imitative
- onomatopoeic
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