Onomatopoeic

/ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/

Synonyms for "onomatopoeic" (56 found)

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Closest matches (12)

apish conjugate delineatory depictive derivative echoic embodying emulative etymologic figurative

Adjective(1 words)

echoic

Adjective(1 words)

echoic

Strong matches (16)

graphic ideographic illustrational illustrative imitative incarnating lexical lexicographic lexicologic lexigraphic limning mimetic

Adjective(2 words)

iconic imitative

Adjective(1 words)

imitative

Noun(1 words)

meowing

Related words (28)

Adjective(4 words)

mimetic onomatopoeial onomatopoetic phonomimetic

mimic mimish onomastic onomatologic onomatopoetic paronymic paronymous personifying pictographic pictorial portraying representational representative representing simulative symbolizing typifying vivid

Noun(1 words)

oinking

Adjective(5 words)

onomatopoeical onomatopoetic phonosemanticsound imitativesound symbolic

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

linguistic featurelinguistic stylistic device

More specific

4 entries

onomatopoeic wordphonesthemesound imitative termsound symbolism

Collocations

6 entries

onomatopoeic deviceonomatopoeic expressiononomatopoeic formonomatopoeic languageonomatopoeic soundonomatopoeic word

Inflections

2 entries

more onomatopoeicmost onomatopoeic

Derivations

3 entries

onomatopoeia onomatopoeically onomatopoetic

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words: 1 to make words stand out, for example, in advertising: トヨタ (Toyota) 2 to classify species of plants and animals, for example in botanical gardens 3 to write onomatopoeic words

Source: wiktionary

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