echo

Nouns

  • (n) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
    • she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
    reverberation, sound reflection, replication,
  • (n) (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
  • (n) a reply that repeats what has just been said
  • (n) a reflected television or radio or radar beam
  • (n) a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
    • his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau
    • Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man
  • (n) an imitation or repetition
    • the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life

Verbs

  • (v) to say again or imitate
    • followers echoing the cries of their leaders
    repeat,
  • (v) ring or echo with sound
    • the hall resounded with laughter
    resound, reverberate, ring,
  • (v) call to mind
    • His words echoed John F. Kennedy
    recall,

Synonyms

reverberation sound reflection replication repeat resound reverberate ring recall

Words of close approximity

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ECC ECF ECG Eck ECM ECT
ECCM echt ecru
echocardiogram echocardiograph echocardiography echo chamber echoencephalogram echoencephalograph echoencephalography echogram echography echoic echoing echolalia echoless echolike echolocation echo sounder echo sounding echovirus