echo
Canyon's sonic reply
A literal echo is the reflection of sound off a surface after some delay; when sound does this, it is said to echo.
The most frequent use of echo is figurative, to characterize things that repeat.
If you echo a sentiment or opinion, you express the same one as someone else.
Some sounds that are said to echo, such as footsteps, merely repeat.
If you hear or find an echo of some idea, you come across another instance of it.
Prolonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- bounceSpring back after impact
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- pingBrief metallic tone
sonar · ultrasound · feedback · canyon · chamber · cave · hall · acoustic
Verbal or written answer
- answerSolution to query
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- returnGo back again
reaction · feedback · rejoinder · response · retort · reciprocation · rebound · mirror
Copy of the original
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- copycatOne who mimics another
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- repetitionAct of redoing
aping · parody · mocking · emulation · shadow · mime · impersonation · mimesis
Minute remnant or pursue
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
- remnantWhat stays after most goes
- ghostApparition of the dead
- shadowLight blocked by object
memory · residue · aftereffect · hangover · remainder · relic · impression · hint
Positive statement of truth
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- supportTo uphold or sustain
endorsement · seconding · amplification · sentiment · opinion · chorus · agreement
reverberation
Prolonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- bounceSpring back after impact
- reflectionReturned light or thought
ping · sonar · ultrasound · feedback · canyon · chamber · cave · hall · acoustic · vibration
reply
Verbal or written answer
- answerSolution to query
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
return · reaction · feedback · rejoinder · response · retort · reciprocation · rebound · mirror · ripple
imitation
Copy of the original
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- copycatOne who mimics another
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
repetition · aping · parody · mocking · emulation · shadow · mime · impersonation · mimesis · replica
trace
Minute remnant or pursue
shadow · memory · residue · aftereffect · hangover · remainder · relic · impression · hint · lingering
affirmation
Positive statement of truth
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
support · endorsement · seconding · amplification · sentiment · opinion · chorus · agreement
- soundsound, sound waves, acoustics, vibrations, audio
- auditory perceptionhearing, listening, sound, noise, volume
- Hearing & Listeninghear, hearing, eavesdrop, overhear, listen
- repetitionagain, repeat, repeated, recurring, recurrence
- sound wordsclick, clank, cacophony, clink, crash
- video callsvideo call, video chat, mute, video conferencing, Zoom
echodissent
Disagreement with authority
contrarian · maverick · originality · free thinker · trailblazer
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- Echo ParkLos Angeles lakeside neighborhood
- Amazon EchoVoice-controlled smart speaker
- echo locationNavigation by reflected sound
- Echo DotAmazon voice assistant device
- echo effectRepeated sound from reflection
echoes, echoing, echoed, echoic, echolocation, echoless, echocardiogram