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Adjacent WordsOnomantical
onomastic
onomastically
onomastician
onomasticon
onomastics
Onomatechny
onomatologist
onomatology
onomatomania
Onomatope
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeical
onomatopoeically
onomatopoetic
onomatopoetically
Onomatopy
Onomomancy
Onondaga
Onondagas
Ononis
Ononis arvensis
Ononis repens
Ononis spinosa
Onopordon
Onopordon acanthium
Onopordum
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onomatopoeic definitions
adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic, 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, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic]
adjective see onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeic On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ic, a. Onomatopoetic. --Whitney.
Onomatopoeic words sound like the noise they refer to. 'Hiss', 'buzz', and 'rat-a-tat-tat' are examples of onomatopoeic words. (TECHNICAL) ADJ
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
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