ECHOS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

echoes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of echo

as in sounds

to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves my calls for help echoed off the walls of the abandoned mine shaft

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as in repeats

to say after another the little brats sassed the babysitter by echoing in a singsong voice everything she said

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echoes

2 of 2

noun

variants also echos

plural of echo

as in followers

a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up

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as in traces

a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization

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Recent Examples of echoes

Noun

But does that have echoes in what’s going on outside our window? —

Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Drums and synthesizers are interspersed with delicately arranged strings, but there’s something transcendent about the contours and echoes of Raye’s voice. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026 Because what Wilson created with Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is a house of shadows and echoes. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026 The echoes of the past walked through the building, only fitting in a Philly-Boston postseason rivalry. —

Tony Jones, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Her rock-climbing skills also come in handy when she’s trapped in a narrow gorge, and soon after when a hairy ascent provides echoes of the prologue. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 The canvases create confusingly affective echoes of defense tech’s cultural force-memeing. —

Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026 Many commentators have found echoes of the 1989 capture of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega in the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. —

Tony Wood, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026 After years working at Aman resorts across India, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, Anand brings echoes of the brand’s ethos to his very own hotel. —

Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026

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Verb

That sounds like a step towards them breaking up.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Although living in a place without dancing sounds pretty scary to me, so maybe Footloose is a horror movie after all.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 13 May 2026