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
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one
good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible,
speak a few sensible words.