What is another word for metonym?
34 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈɛtənˌɪm], [ mˈɛtənˌɪm], [ m_ˈɛ_t_ə_n_ˌɪ_m]
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Synonyms for Metonym:
n.
• communication (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)- word.
Other synonyms:
• analogue • Other relevant words (noun):- metonymy,
- association of ideas,
- image,
- locution,
- expression,
- statement,
- promise,
- utterance,
- password,
- news,
- trope,
- report,
- intelligence,
- metaphor,
- syllable,
- vocable,
- tidings,
- figure,
- polysyllable,
- usage,
- broadway,
- homonym,
- sentence,
- metalepsis,
- lexeme,
- articulation,
- monosyllable,
- synecdoche,
- term,
- advice.
How to use "Metonym" in context?
Metonymy is a figurative use of an epithet to represent a whole thing. A metonym is an object or term that is associated with another object or term to represent it.
Homophones for Metonym:
- mentum, manhattan, muhammedan, mohammedan, medan, methionine, midden, momentum, manawyddan, methadon, meditation, mantinea, mention, manawydan, myotomy, monotone, Mount Etna, methadone, Mount Whitney, maintain, meantime, man-to-man, Maundy Money, modem, metonymy, mountain, muhammadan, mundane, mountain anemone, motown, mahatma, minuteman, mud hen, Mindanao, mean time, mitten, monotony, madwoman, Mandaean, methane, maianthemum, medina, mid-may, myodynia, moth-eaten, mouton, mountain man, montanan, matinee, madam, maiden name, madden, myotonia, mow down, monition, madame, Mandean, madman, muadhdhin, motion, montane, maintenon, monodon, muton, mutation, Mutawa'een, mediation, medium, mid-on, mutiny, mithan, meatman, minden, mantineia, mentation, methenamine, montana, Mt Etna, median, madonna, menadione, mdma, matman, menhaden, munition, mutton, maiden.
Hyponym for Metonym:
n.
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communication
word.
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communication
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