echoes
Canyon's repeated sounds
Echoes is the plural of echo—sound waves that bounce back from a surface and return to the listener.
The word extends to any repetition or reverberation: echoes of the past, Her words found echoes in his own experience.
As a verb, echoes means repeats or reflects: The canyon echoes with birdsong, His speech echoed the president's remarks.
Prolonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- acousticRelating to sound
bounce · reflection · sonar · echolocation · ultrasound · soundwave · canyon · chamber
Echo repeatedly, persist
- repeatDo or say again
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- reflectReturn light or thought
- replicateCopy exactly
imitate · resound · recur · duplicate · parallel · copy · ring · linger
Longing for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
wistful · bygone · traces · vestiges · lingering · fading · distant · childhood
reverberation
Prolonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
acoustic · bounce · reflection · sonar · echolocation · ultrasound · soundwave · canyon · chamber · cave
reverberate
Echo repeatedly, persist
replicate · imitate · resound · recur · duplicate · parallel · copy · ring · linger · persist
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
remembrance · wistful · bygone · traces · vestiges · lingering · fading · distant · childhood · bittersweet
legacy
What's passed down
- aftermathResults following an event
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- reverberationsReflected sound waves
remnants · traces · vestiges · footprint · shadow · imprint · ripple · lasting · enduring · consequences
ghostly
Resembling a specter
lingering · whisper · distant · hollow · faint · disembodied · otherworldly · uncanny · chilling · shadowy
- caves for childrenstalactites, stalagmites, bats, cave tours, darkness
- Fleeting Thingsbreath, blink, wink, glance, glimpses
- temporary thingsbubbles, snowflakes, fog, mist, rainbows
- sound phenomenasound wave, reverb, resonance, reverberation, sonic boom
- soundsound, sound waves, acoustics, vibrations, audio
- soundssound, beeps, listen, sounds, hear
echoessilence
Total lack of sound
stillness · quiet · absorption · dampening · muffling
echoesoriginals
Authentic first versions
innovations · novel ideas · primary sources · novelty · inventions
- 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