ECHO (echoes)
Dictionary entry overview: What does Echo mean?
• ECHO (noun)
The noun ECHO has 3 senses:
1. the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped
2. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
3. a reply that repeats what has just been said
Familiarity information: ECHO used as a noun is uncommon.
• ECHO (verb)
The verb ECHO has 3 senses:
1. to say again or imitate
2. ring or echo with sound
3. call to mind
Familiarity information: ECHO used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ECHO (noun)
Meaning:
The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
echo; reverberation; sound reflection; replication
Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):
reflection; reflectivity; reflexion (the ability to reflect beams or rays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "echo"):
re-echo (the echo of an echo)
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Echo" is a kind of...):
nymph ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Meaning:
A reply that repeats what has just been said
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):
reply; response (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "echo"):
echolalia (an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others)
• ECHO (verb)
Meaning:
To say again or imitate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
echo; repeat
Context example:
followers echoing the cries of their leaders
Hypernyms (to "echo" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "echo"):
regurgitate; reproduce (repeat after memorization)
parrot (repeat mindlessly)
reecho (repeat back like an echo)
cuckoo (repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call)
recite (repeat aloud from memory)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Ring or echo with sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
resound; reverberate; echo; ring
Context example:
the hall resounded with laughter
Hypernyms (to "echo" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "echo"):
consonate (sound in sympathy)
reecho (repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back)
reecho (echo repeatedly, echo again and again)
bong (ring loudly and deeply)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The woods echo with many kinds of birds
Meaning:
Call to mind
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
echo; recall
Context example:
His words echoed John F. Kennedy
Hypernyms (to "echo" is one way to...):
resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
