echoes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of echo
1
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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2
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
1
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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2
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
The echoes of this resonant throughout the ages and the vibrations from such are more relevant than ever. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 Audiences will no doubt see broad echoes of what could have been in Ali’s passionate and often ruthless Latif. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 The looks were presented in pairs to highlight affinities, variations and visual echoes that reflect the designers’ methodology and approach rooted in the principle of duality. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 And though unquantifiable, the echoes of the immense reputational damage that the innovative industry in Silicon Valley suffered as a consequence of Holmes's deception still reverberate to this day. — Taylor Dunn, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 This is a technology, which Sheeran mastered in his early years as a busker, that lets a guy perform with himself, in echoes, alone, harmonizing with his own voice. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026 The Zombies’ records are notable for their production values, bringing in echoes and other effects for songs that in lesser hands would be simple unadorned rave-ups. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 White, Hampton tells Ditka, still can hear the echoes of Ditka on full blast. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Which helps, because from a macro perspective, the echoes of 1999 continue to redound in the background. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for echoes
  1. sounds
  2. repeats
  3. followers
  4. traces
  5. resonates
  6. quotes
  7. imitators
  8. relics
Verb
  • Eldridge sounds wistful, speculating about the person who might have worn them.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Scented fleetingly with cinnamon, the dates gently smoked, their rightness with eggs sounds improbable.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of sounds
Verb
  • The darker shade of suede is also used for the mustache, and the color repeats for the brand marks.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat celebrates Hughes with a work on paper that repeats the writer's name to spread awareness of his work.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of repeats
Noun
  • The posts were so frequent that some of her followers even reached out to Sivitz with concern.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In a recent Instagram post, the 61-year-old supermodel shared her gym routine with her many followers, and shared working out has helped her in more ways than one.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of followers
Noun
  • The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • It is considered highly likely that gold jewelry purchased in Great Britain in the mid- to late 1980s contained traces of the ingots stolen from the Brink’s-Mat warehouse.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of traces
Verb
  • Jesel and his team are thrilled that the designer’s interpretation of the brand resonates.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Strong image, which lies at the heart of much poetry, resonates in fiction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of resonates
Verb
  • Ledgebrook gave him a bot that quotes live against its systems at prices about 25% higher than the company would normally charge.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Each clinic quotes differently, communicates differently, and plans recovery differently, and the patient does the reconciling, usually in a second language and sometimes on their own.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of quotes
Noun
  • The Dadaists used this gleefully and compulsively (see René Clair and Francis Picabia’s wacky Entr’Acte); so, famously, did Hideo Nakata in Y2K hit The Ring and countless imitators.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of imitators
Noun
  • The presentation positioned Zelda products almost as relics representing an ancient myth passed down through history.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of relics

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“Echoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echoes. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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