'onomatopoeic' definitions:
Definition of 'onomatopoeic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic]
adjective
(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, onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic]
Synonyms of 'onomatopoeic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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