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
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.