Synonyms for onomatopoeia
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Process or state
sound symbolism, mimesis, imitative harmony, phonomimesis, echoism
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
- n. 2
A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss.
Related words
- Word family
- onomatope onomatopoeial onomatopoeic onomatopoetic
Forms
- Plural
- onomatopoeiae → mimeses, echoisms, onomatopes, phonomimes…
By length
- 7 letters
- mimesis, echoism
- 9 letters
- onomatope, phonomime
- 12 letters
- phonomimesis