echoic.

1. Resembling or relating to an echo.

2. Imitating an associated sound through a word's form.

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Words that belong together

• echoic sound
• echoic effect

On the page

The passage produced an echoic effect at each footstep.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon.