onomatopoetic

Meanings

• a word that imitates or suggests the sound of the thing to which it refers.

  - "The word 'buzz' imitates the sound of a bee flying."
  - "The word 'pop' can imitate the sound of something popping, such as a balloon bursting."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with onomatopoetic
beet , bit , boat , bought , booed , buzzed

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Variants

List of all variants of onomatopoetic that leads to same result
onomatopoeia , onomatopoeias , onomatopoeic , onomatopoeically , onomatopoetic , onomatopoetically

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'onomatopoetic' comes from the Greek words 'onoma' meaning 'name' and 'topos' meaning 'place'. Together, these words mean 'a word that names a thing by imitating the sound of that thing.'

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. The term hiccup is an example of "onomatopoeia" …

   - Fred Cicetti,{it}Montague Reporter{/it},6 Mar. 2008

2. You might think it was an "onomatopoeia" of the sound a Frisbee makes as it moves through the air, but the name has been attributed for years to the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Conn., which went out of business in 1958.

   - Mark Danna,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},11 May 1987

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