echo
noun
1. the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
Similar word(s): replication, reverberation
Definition categories: attribute, reflection, reflectivity, reflexion
2. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
Definition categories: person, nymph
3. a reply that repeats what has just been said
Definition categories: communication, reply, response
4. a reflected television or radio or radar beam
Definition categories: attribute, reflection, reflectivity, reflexion
5. a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
- his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau
- Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man
Definition categories: attribute, analog, analogue, parallel
6. an imitation or repetition
- the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life
verb
1. to say again or imitate
- followers echoing the cries of their leaders
Similar word(s): repeat
Definition categories: communication, emit, utter
2. ring or echo with sound
Similar word(s): resound, reverberate, ring
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
3. call to mind
- His words echoed John F. Kennedy
Similar word(s): recall
Definition categories: stative, resemble
Sentences with echo as a verb:
- Sid echoed his father's point of view.