About The Word Onomatopoeic

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Onomatopoeic

Onomatopoeic Meaning & Definition
Onomatopoeic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Onomatopoeic?

[adj] (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
[adj] of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia

Synonyms | Synonyms for Onomatopoeic: echoic | imitative | onomatopoeical | onomatopoetic | onomatopoetic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Onomatopoeic: apish | conjugate | delineatory | depictive | derivative | echoic | embodying | emulative | etymologic | figurative | graphic | ideographic | illustrational | illustrative | imitative | incarnating | lexical | lexicographic | lexicologic | lexigraphic | limning | mimetic | mimic | mimish | onomastic | onomatologic | onomatopoetic | paronymic | paronymous | personifying | pictographic | pictorial | portraying | representational | representative | representing | simulative | symbolizing | typifying | vivid

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Onomatopoeic In Webster's Dictionary

\On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ic\, a. Onomatopoetic. --Whitney.

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