echoic adj 1: (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: {imitative}, {onomatopoeic}, {onomatopoeical}, {onomatopoetic}] [ant: {nonechoic}] 2: like or characteristic of an echo [syn: {echolike}]