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

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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

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Let the anniversaries roll From America250 to Miles Davis, not to mention the echoes of Jazz Day and full summer at Ravinia, our critic’s picks in jazz and classical music for the coming season. —

Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026 Using money from depositors who had the right to withdraw their funds on demand to finance long-term, illiquid investments with an uncertain and distant payoff was a highly risky strategy—and one with echoes of what is currently creating turmoil among private credit funds today. —

Fortune, 2 June 2026 Furthermore, unlike other acoustic sonar or laser optics, its low-frequency electromagnetic signals remain completely unaffected by floating silt or underwater acoustic echoes. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026 Blending echoes of ancient times with modernity, some pair their historic costumes with sneakers and sunglasses and drink bubble tea. —

ABC News, 30 May 2026 There were echoes of Roger Federer, also 19, beating Pete Sampras, then the record holder for men’s Grand Slams, at Wimbledon in 2001. —

Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Unlike Diller’s, hers was laid-back and authoritative, with echoes of Miranda Priestly (another stylish doyenne with a beleaguered protégée). —

Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026 In this framework, meaning is not immediate but unfolds gradually, arriving through echoes, returns, and interruptions. —

Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The echoes between the current Ebola outbreak and the 2014 outbreak—the deadliest-ever Ebola crisis—are hard to ignore. —

Stephanie Psaki, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026

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Playing music that sounds like nothing else in Western pop music, the duo has, at press time, racked up more than 15 million views on that video alone.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
If that sounds like your kind of scare, here are eight other liminal horror films to lose yourself in.

— Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 10 June 2026