All onomatopoeia synonyms

noun onomatopoeia

• copy — If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
• repeat — repeat loop
• imitation — a result or product of imitating.
• parallel — parallel processing
• reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
• repetition — the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
• reverberation — a reechoed sound.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• mirror — any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
• parroting — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
• rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
• reiteration — to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
• repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
• reply — followup
• reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
• ringing — a ringing sound, as of a bell or bells: the ring of sleigh bells.
• mirror image — an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
• adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
• allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
• alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
• allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
• analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
• analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
• anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
• anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
• antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
• antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
• aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
• apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
• asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
• bathos — In literary criticism, bathos is a sudden change in speech or writing from a serious or important subject to a ridiculous or very ordinary one.
• comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
• conceit — Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• echoism — onomatopoeia.
• ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
• euphemism — A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
• euphuism — An artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.
• exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
• expression — The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
• flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
• flower — the blossom of a plant.
• hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
• image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
• imagery — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
• irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
• litotes — understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
• malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
• metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
• metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.