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onomatopoetic
adjective
()
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
Synonyms:
echoic
,
imitative
,
onomatopoeic
,
onomatopoeical
,
Examples:
It was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term.
onomatopoetic
adjective
()
of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
Synonyms:
onomatopoeic
,
Words Related to
onomatopoetic
!
echoic
,
imitative
,
onomatopoeical
,
polysyllabic
,
exclamatory
,
adjectival
,
syllabic
,
alliterative
,
phonemic
,
lexical
,
colloquial
,
denotative
,
polytonal
,
unpoetic
,
nabokovian
,
syntactical
,
connotative
,
sesquipedalian
,
latinate
,
aphoristic
,
euphonious
,
homophonic
,
cadenced
,
adverbial
,
sermonic
,
toneless
,
unmelodic
,
pointillistic
,
contentless
,
genitive
,
phrasal
,
dialectal
,
schwa
,
glottal
,
etymological
,
untranslatable
,
intransitive
,
plosive
,
incantatory
,
prepositional
,
hortatory
,
subjunctive
,
strophic
,
prolix
,
grammatical
,
uninflected
,
unmodulated
,
melismatic
,
oneiric
,
lexicographical
,
orotund
,
sibilant
,
flutelike
,
affectless
,
wordier
,
attributive
,
poetic
,
unaccented
,
bromidic
,
undecipherable
,
mozartian
,
decipherable
,
nonliteral
,
pictographic
,
slangy
,
overdetermined
,
indecipherable
,
tinkly
,
ungrammatical
,
hypnagogic
,
overfamiliar
,
infelicitous
,
plainsong
,
ineloquent
,
staccato
,
fugal
,
imagistic
,
hemingwayesque
,
interrogative
,
chitter
,
prosodic
,
muzzy
,
dadaist
,
haiku
,
terminological
,
deconstructionist
,
diacritical
,
admonitory
,
mellifluous
,
phonic
,
ideographic
,
digressive
,
cacophonic
,
daliesque
,
pluperfect
,
essayistic
,
katakana
,
unornamented
,
metrical
,
infinitive
,
onomatopoetic
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