Synonyms for echo
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Replication
Other
repetition, ghost, answer, after-clap, imitation, imitator, aftersound
Verb
1. Reverberate
Definitions
- n. 1
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
- v. 1
Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
Related words
- Word family
- echocardiography echocardiology echogram echography echoic echoism echokinesis echoless
- Phrases
- echo chamber echo boomer echo sounding echo sounder forward echo
- Is a kind of
- reverberation
Example sentences
- ghost Have Tom and Mary ever told you any ghost stories?
- repetition It's repetition that helps you remember something.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| echo | rising | |
| ghost | rising | |
| repetition | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ring1
- 5 letters
- ghost1, ditto2
- 6 letters
- answer2, repeat2
- 7 letters
- imitate3
- 8 letters
- imitator4
- 9 letters
- imitation4
- 10 letters
- repetition4, aftersound
- 11 letters
- replication4, reverberate4
- 13 letters
- reverberation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ditto2 = 2 syllables).