echo
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
Noun 4 meanings
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
An utterance repeating what has just been said.
A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
Verb 4 meanings
Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
To reflect back (a sound).
To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
“Sid echoed his father’s point of view.”
Etymology
From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.
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ECHO at a glance
ECHO has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (E 1 + C 3 + H 4 + O 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,575 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with echo
All rhymes- PSYCHO16
- MACHO12
- RANCHO11
- NACHO10
- SANCHO11
- PONCHO13
- MUCHO12
- HONCHO14
- GAUCHO12
- GAZPACHO25
- DERECHO13
- CONCHO13
One letter away
- ECCO8
- ECHT9
- ECHE9
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