echo as a noun: - 1
Echo - 2
echo - 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
as a verb: - 1
- 2
- 3
echo
noun
1 echo
The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves:
— She could hear echoes of her own footsteps.
synonyms: replication, reverberation, sound reflection.
Roget 408:
resonance;
ring
etc.
v.;
ringing,
tintinabulation
etc.
v.;
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection,
reverberation;
echo,
reecho;
zap,
zot [Coll.];
buzz
(hiss)
409.
low note,
base note,
bass note,
flat note,
grave note,
deep note;
bass;
basso,
basso profondo [It];
baritone,
barytone†;
contralto.
[device to cause resonance]
echo chamber,
resonator.
[ringing in the ears]
tinnitus [Med.].
[devices which make a resonating sound]
bell,
doorbell,
buzzer;
gong,
cymbals
(musical instruments)
417.
[physical resonance]
sympathetic vibrations;
natural frequency,
coupled vibration frequency;
overtone;
resonating cavity;
sounding board,
tuning fork.
[electrical resonance]
tuning,
squelch,
frequency selection;
resonator,
resonator circuit;
radio
&c..
[chemical resonance]
resonant structure,
aromaticity,
alternating double bonds,
non-bonded resonance;
pi clouds,
unsaturation,
double bond,
(valence).
... show more
Roget 462:
answer,
response,
reply,
replication,
riposte,
rejoinder,
surrejoinder†,
rebutter,
surrebutter†,
retort,
repartee;
rescript,
rescription†;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
acknowledgment;
password;
echo;
counter statement.
discovery
etc.
480.1;
solution
etc.
(explanation)
522;
rationale
etc.
(cause)
153;
clue
etc.
(indication)
550.
Oedipus;
oracle
etc.
513;
return
etc.
(record)
551.
... show more
Roget 104:
repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence,
succession,
run;
battology,
tautology;
monotony,
tautophony;
rhythm
etc.
138;
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy.
chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello†,
burden of a song,
refrain;
rehearsal;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It],
recapitulation.
cuckoo
etc.
(imitation)
19;
reverberation
etc.
408;
drumming
etc.
(roll)
407;
renewal
etc.
(restoration)
660.
twice-told tale;
old story,
old song;
second edition,
new edition;
reappearance,
reproduction,
recursion [Comp.];
periodicity
etc.
138.
... show more
Roget 21:
copy,
facsimile,
counterpart,
effigies,
effigy,
form,
likeness.
image,
picture,
photo,
xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype†,
photo offset,
electrotype;
imitation
etc.
19;
model,
representation,
adumbration,
study;
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
resemblance.
duplicate,
reproduction;
cast,
tracing;
reflex,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
shadow,
echo.
transcript
[copy into a non-visual form],
transcription;
recording,
scan.
chip off the old block;
reprint,
new printing;
rechauffe [Fr.];
apograph†,
fair copy.
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†,
paraphrase.
[copy with some differences]
derivative,
derivation,
modification,
expansion,
extension,
revision;
second edition
etc.
(repetition)
104.
servile copy,
servile imitation;
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake
etc.
(deception)
545;
pasticcio†.
... show more
Roget 19:
imitation;
copying
etc.
v.;
transcription;
repetition,
duplication,
reduplication;
quotation;
reproduction;
mimeograph,
xerox,
facsimile;
reprint,
offprint.
mockery,
mimicry;
simulation,
impersonation,
personation;
representation
etc.
554;
semblance;
copy
etc.
21;
assimilation.
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature
etc.
21.
plagiarism;
forgery,
counterfeit
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
celluloid.
imitator,
echo,
cuckoo†,
parrot,
ape,
monkey,
mocking bird,
mime;
copyist,
copycat;
plagiarist,
pirate.
... show more
Dutch: echo, weerkaatsing
Polish: pogłos, echo, podźwięk, odgłos
2 Echo
Greek mythology A nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained.
3 echo
A reply that repeats what has just been said.
Dutch: echo
4 echo
A reflected television or radio or radar beam.
5 echo
A close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc..
6 echo
An imitation or repetition.
verb
1 echo
To say again or imitate:
— Followers echoing the cries of their leaders.
synonym: repeat.
Roget 462:
answer,
respond,
reply,
rebut,
retort,
rejoin;
give for answer,
return for answer;
acknowledge,
echo.
explain
etc.
(interpret)
522;
solve
etc.
(unriddle)
522;
discover
etc.
480.1;
fathom,
hunt out
etc.
(inquire)
461;
satisfy,
set at rest,
determine.
... show more
Roget 104:
repeat,
iterate,
reiterate,
reproduce,
echo,
reecho,
drum,
harp upon,
battologize†,
hammer,
redouble.
recur,
revert,
return,
reappear,
recurse [Comp.];
renew
etc.
(restore)
660.
rehearse;
do over again,
say over again;
ring the changes on;
harp on the same string;
din in the ear,
drum in the ear;
conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions†,
begin again,
go over the same ground,
go the same round,
never hear the last of;
resume,
return to,
recapitulate,
reword.
... show more
Roget 488:
assent;
give assent,
yield assent,
nod assent;
acquiesce;
agree
etc.
23;
receive,
accept,
accede,
accord,
concur,
lend oneself to,
consent,
coincide,
reciprocate,
go with;
be at one with
etc.
adj.;
go along with,
chime in with,
strike in with,
close in with;
echo,
enter into one's views,
agree in opinion;
vote,
give one's voice for;
recognize;
subscribe to,
conform to,
defer to;
say yes to,
say ditto,
amen to,
say aye to.
acknowledge,
own,
admit,
allow,
avow,
confess;
concede
etc.
(yield)
762;
come round to;
abide by;
permit
etc.
760.
arrive at an understanding,
come to an understanding,
come to terms,
come to an agreement.
confirm,
affirm;
ratify,
appprove,
indorse,
countersign;
corroborate
etc.
467.
go with the stream,
swim with the stream,
go with the flow,
blow with the wind;
be in fashion,
join in the chorus,
join the crowd,
be one of the guys,
be part of the group,
go with the crowd,
don't make waves;
be in every mouth.
... show more
Roget 19:
imitate,
copy,
mirror,
reflect,
reproduce,
repeat;
do like,
echo,
reecho,
catch;
transcribe;
match,
parallel.
mock,
take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate;
act
etc.
(drama)
599;
represent
etc.
554;
counterfeit,
parody,
travesty,
caricature,
lampoon,
burlesque.
follow in the steps of,
tread in the steps,
follow in the footsteps of,
follow in the wake of;
take pattern by;
follow suit,
follow the example of;
walk in the shoes of,
take a leaf out of another's book,
strike in with,
follow suit;
take after,
model after;
emulate.
... show more
2 echo
Ring or echo with sound.
synonyms: resound, reverberate, ring.
Roget 408:
resound,
reverberate,
reecho,
resonate;
ring,
jingle,
gingle†,
chink,
clink;
tink†,
tinkle;
chime;
gurgle
etc.
405;
plash,
goggle,
echo,
ring in the ear.
... show more
Roget 277:
recoil,
react;
spring back,
fly back,
bounce back,
bound back;
rebound,
reverberate,
repercuss†,
recalcitrate†;
echo,
ricochet.
Dutch: weerschalken, doorklinken, echoën, galmen, nagalmen, naijlen, naklinken, resoneren, weergalmen, weerklinken
3 echo
Call to mind:
— His words echoed John F. Kennedy.
synonym: recall.
Moby thesaurus: CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, accord, acknowledge, acknowledgment, act like, action and reaction, adumbration, affect, agree, agree in opinion, agree with, answer, answer back, answering, antiphon, antiphonal chanting, antiphony, ape, assume, automatic reaction, autonomic reaction, back answer, back talk, backchat, be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be reflected, be sent back, beam, beat signal, blips, boom, booming, borrow, bounce back, bounceback, bounces, care about, caring, catch the flame, catch the infection, change color, chime in with, choir, chord, chorus, claviature, close with, coincide, color with emotion, come again, come back, come back at, come up again, comeback, concern, concur, conform to, conformist, console, copier, copy, copycat, copyist, counterfeit, counterfeiter, crib, cuckoo, dig, display, dissembler, dissimulator, ditto, do, do a repeat, do again, do like, do over, double, double-dot display, doubling, duplicate, duplication, echo back, echo signal, echoer, echoist, eighty-eight, empathize with, empathy, emulate, encore, evasive reply, facsimile, fake, faker, fall in with, fellow feeling, fingerboard, flash back, forge, forger, give acknowledgment, give answer, go along with, go back, go like, go with, great, growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, hoke, hoke up, hypocrite, identification, identify with, imitate, imitation, imitator, impersonator, impostor, involvement, iteration, ivories, keep coming, keyboard, keys, local oscillator signal, make like, manual, meet, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mirror, mirror image, mocker, mockingbird, monkey, organ manual, outline, output signal, parrot, pathos, pedals, phony, piano keys, picture, pips, plagiarism, plagiarist, plagiarize, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, predictable response, quotation, quote, radar signal, react, reaction, reading, ready reply, reappear, reappearance, rebirth, reboation, rebound, receipt, recur, recurrence, redo, redouble, redoubling, reduplicate, reduplication, reecho, reflect, reflection, reflex, reflex action, refluence, reflux, regurgitate, regurgitation, reincarnate, reincarnation, reiteration, rejoin, rejoinder, relate to emotionally, relating, renew, renewal, reoccur, reoccurrence, repartee, repeat, repeat performance, repercussion, repetition, replica, replication, reply, repost, reproduce, reproduction, rescript, rescription, resound, resounding, respond, respondence, response, responsion, responsiveness, responsory, responsory report, resume, resumption, retort, retroaction, return, return answer, return for answer, return signal, reverberate, reverberation, revert, revive, revulsion, ring, riposte, rise, roll, rumble, rumbling, say, say again, say in reply, send back, shadow, share, sharing, sheep, shoot back, short answer, side with, signal, signal display, silhouette, simulate, simulation, simulator, snappy comeback, solo, sound, spot, strike in with, swell, sympathetic chord, sympathetic response, sympathize with, sympathy, talk back, target image, thunder, thundering, trace, transmitter signal, unthinking response, vibes, vibrations, video signal, witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer ... show more.
debug info: 0.1105