metonymy

Letters that make metonymy

o, e, n, m, t, y are letters that make 'metonymy'

Words within metonymy

ton, metonym, on, ME, NY are words within 'metonymy'

1 possible definitions for 'metonymy'

Metonymy as "substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')"

Under this definition, metonymy is a noun and has the following properties:

metonymy as a type

'metonymy' can be a type of trope, figure of speech, figure, image.

Types of metonymy

metalepsis is a type of metonymy.

metonymy as a category

voice is a category of metonymy.

Derivatives of metonymy

metonymic, metonymical are derivatives of 'metonymy'.


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