Onomatopoeic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Onomatopoeic \On`o*mat`o*poe"ic\, a.
     Onomatopoetic. --Whitney.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  onomatopoeic
       adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: {onomatopoetic}]
       2: (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},
           {onomatopoeical}, {onomatopoetic}] [ant: {nonechoic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "onomatopoeic":
     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