Associations to the word «Metonymy»
Noun
- Metaphor
- Irony
- Semantic
- Allegory
- Rhetoric
- Condensation
- Substitution
- Meta
- Linguistic
- Displacement
- Blending
- Allusion
- Analogy
- Lat
- Similarity
- Panther
- Container
- Linguistics
- Discourse
- Meaning
- Aristotle
- Whole
- Roman
- Speech
- Context
- Noun
- Interpretation
- Language
- Phrase
- Domain
- Figure
- Mode
- Aspect
- Concept
- Relation
- Entity
- Notion
- Myth
- Definition
- Representation
- Expression
- Relationship
- Word
- Throne
- Object
- Theory
- Type
- Distinction
- Desire
- Or
- Text
- Phenomenon
- Term
- Shift
- Example
- Scheme
- Speaker
- Process
- Perspective
- Sentence
- Bibliography
- Principle
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
METONYMY, noun. The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
METONYMY, noun. (countable) A metonym.
Dictionary definition
METONYMY, noun. Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.