Synonyms for onomatopoeia
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh, ‐mah-tuh‐ |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒn əˌmæt əˈpi ə, ‐ˌmɑ tə‐ |
Top 10 synonyms for onomatopoeia Other synonyms for the word onomatopoeia
- adumbration
- allegory
- alliteration
- allusion
- analogue
- analogy
- anaphora
- anticlimax
- antistrophe
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- asyndeton
- bathos
- communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device
- comparison
- conceit
- device
- echoism
- ellipsis
- euphemism
- euphuism
- exaggeration
- expression
- flourish
- flower
- hyperbole
- image
- imagery
- irony
- litotes
- malapropism
- manner of speaking
- metaphor
- metonymy
- mirror image
- ornament
- oxymoron
- parable
- paradox
- personification
- proteron
- reiteration
- repercussion
- reply
- reproduction
- rhetoric
- ringing
- rubber stamp
- sarcasm
- satire
- simile
- synecdoche
- trope
- tropology
- turn of phrase
- understatement
- way of speaking
Définition of onomatopoeia
Origin :- 1570s, from Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Greek onomatopoiia "the making of a name or word" (in imitation of a sound associated with the thing being named), from onomatopoios, from onoma (genitive onomatos) "word, name" (see name (n.)) + a derivative of poiein "compose, make" (see poet). Related: Onomatopoeic; onomatopoeial.
- As in echo : noun repeat, copy
- As in figure of speech : noun turn of expression
- Mao, the term for a "cat," is obviously an example of onomatopoeia.
- Extract from : « China and the Chinese » by Herbert Allen Giles
- Onomatopoeia, formations of words resembling in sound that of the things denoted by them.
- Extract from : « The Nuttall Encyclopaedia » by Edited by Rev. James Wood
- All words which were spontaneously acquired seemed to be instances of onomatopoeia.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 » by Various
Antonyms for onomatopoeia
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