Synonyms for onomatopoeia
ˌɒn əˌmæt əˈpi ə, -ˌmɑ tə-ono·matopoeia

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.8 / 13 votes

1. onomatopoeianoun

   Synonyms:
   imitative harmony

2. onomatopoeianoun

   The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.

   Synonyms:
   imitative harmony

3. onomatopoeianoun

   A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle or hiss.

   Synonyms:
   imitative harmony

4. onomatopoeianoun

   The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.

   Synonyms:
   imitative harmony

Princeton's WordNet

1. onomatopoeianoun

   using words that imitate the sound they denote

Matched Categories

1. • Rhetorical Device

How to pronounce onomatopoeia?

How to say onomatopoeia in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1800","1"],["1801","1"],["1803","1"],["1805","3"],["1809","1"],["1813","3"],["1814","2"],["1815","1"],["1818","6"],["1819","2"],["1820","2"],["1822","1"],["1824","17"],["1826","9"],["1828","1"],["1829","4"],["1830","7"],["1832","3"],["1834","1"],["1835","5"],["1836","10"],["1837","4"],["1838","1"],["1839","7"],["1840","7"],["1841","3"],["1842","1"],["1843","5"],["1844","6"],["1845","1"],["1846","3"],["1847","3"],["1850","18"],["1851","18"],["1853","26"],["1854","8"],["1855","13"],["1856","3"],["1857","4"],["1858","6"],["1859","12"],["1860","42"],["1861","5"],["1862","29"],["1863","8"],["1864","33"],["1865","151"],["1866","78"],["1867","23"],["1868","19"],["1869","34"],["1870","48"],["1871","24"],["1872","15"],["1873","160"],["1874","31"],["1875","52"],["1876","25"],["1877","24"],["1878","231"],["1879","21"],["1880","66"],["1881","60"],["1882","54"],["1883","145"],["1884","42"],["1885","39"],["1886","26"],["1887","36"],["1888","148"],["1889","192"],["1890","32"],["1891","34"],["1892","33"],["1893","144"],["1894","165"],["1895","34"],["1896","93"],["1897","65"],["1898","46"],["1899","89"],["1900","135"],["1901","114"],["1902","137"],["1903","42"],["1904","65"],["1905","36"],["1906","96"],["1907","65"],["1908","71"],["1909","71"],["1910","34"],["1911","66"],["1912","46"],["1913","117"],["1914","51"],["1915","58"],["1916","76"],["1917","53"],["1918","66"],["1919","55"],["1920","81"],["1921","108"],["1922","138"],["1923","104"],["1924","42"],["1925","84"],["1926","55"],["1927","83"],["1928","85"],["1929","132"],["1930","117"],["1931","84"],["1932","125"],["1933","55"],["1934","171"],["1935","113"],["1936","112"],["1937","123"],["1938","129"],["1939","152"],["1940","115"],["1941","55"],["1942","66"],["1943","52"],["1944","47"],["1945","113"],["1946","99"],["1947","152"],["1948","120"],["1949","241"],["1950","130"],["1951","232"],["1952","144"],["1953","147"],["1954","227"],["1955","180"],["1956","221"],["1957","282"],["1958","207"],["1959","167"],["1960","249"],["1961","265"],["1962","399"],["1963","423"],["1964","421"],["1965","416"],["1966","412"],["1967","451"],["1968","615"],["1969","380"],["1970","561"],["1971","552"],["1972","531"],["1973","564"],["1974","325"],["1975","408"],["1976","515"],["1977","565"],["1978","543"],["1979","603"],["1980","453"],["1981","624"],["1982","566"],["1983","678"],["1984","563"],["1985","716"],["1986","750"],["1987","752"],["1988","809"],["1989","999"],["1990","1154"],["1991","870"],["1992","1034"],["1993","900"],["1994","939"],["1995","1465"],["1996","1392"],["1997","1117"],["1998","1545"],["1999","1278"],["2000","1591"],["2001","1439"],["2002","1642"],["2003","1710"],["2004","2226"],["2005","2036"],["2006","1792"],["2007","2104"],["2008","2377"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency