echo

Meanings

• the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
  • "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps"
• (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
• a reply that repeats what has just been said
• a reflected television or radio or radar beam
• a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
  • "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"
  • "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man"
• an imitation or repetition
  • "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life"
• to say again or imitate
  • "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
• ring or echo with sound
• call to mind
  • "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

Synonyms

recall, repeat, replication, resound, reverberate, reverberation, ring, sound reflection