onomatopoetic
Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
Examples
onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
Belonging to this category are onomatopoetic words or ones borrowed from local non- Indo-Aryan languages.
"Didgeridoo" is considered to be an onomatopoetic word of Western invention.