Associations to the word «Metonymy»
Noun
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
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for
people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or
ill.