onomatopoetic
1. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia • Syn: onomatopoeic • Pertains to noun: onomatopoeia, onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoeic) • Derivationally related forms: onomatopoeia 2. (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 Hoijer • Syn: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical • Ant: nonechoic (for: echoic) • Derivationally related forms: onomatopoeia, onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoeical)
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