Associations to the word «Onomatopoeia»

Wiktionary

ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".
ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
ONOMATOPŒIA, noun. Obsolete spelling of onomatopoeia

Dictionary definition

ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. Using words that imitate the sound they denote.

Wise words

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
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