Definition for Metonymy:

• substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself ( as in ` they counted heads')

Synonyms for Metonymy:

• n.

  •communication (noun)
  • metonymy.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • oxymoron,
  • ornament,
  • antistrophe,
  • alliterations,
  • turn of phrase,
  • anaphora,
  • antithesis,
  • aposiopesis,
  • apostrophes,
  • rhetoric,
  • allusion,
  • manner of speaking,
  • personification,
  • Asyndeton,
  • alliteration,
  • synecdoche,
  • malapropism,
  • exaggeration,
  • echoism,
  • tropes,
  • parallel,
  • communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
  • understatement,
  • conceit,
  • proteron,
  • apostrophe,
  • simile,
  • flower,
  • Tropology,
  • oxymora,
  • onomatopoeias,
  • irony,
  • metonymies,
  • satire,
  • anticlimax,
  • analogy,
  • Ellipses,
  • litotes,
  • malapropisms,
  • bathos,
  • analogue,
  • onomatopoeia,
  • hyperbole,
  • allegory,
  • comparison,
  • euphemism,
  • parable,
  • euphuism,
  • paradox,
  • expression,
  • adumbration,
  • device,
  • flourish,
  • sarcasm,
  • way of speaking,
  • ellipsis,
  • imagery.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • figure,
  • figure of speech,
  • image,
  • metaphor,
  • similitude,
  • trope,
  • figurative language.

Antonyms for Metonymy:

• n.

  • metaphor
    plain speech.

Homophones for Metonymy:

• mithan, madwoman, meditation, montanan, medan, midden, muadhdhin, mediation, meantime, monotony, mundane, moth-eaten, myotonia, Mount Whitney, mohammedan, maianthemum, monotone, mean time, methane, methadone, median, medium, meatman, menadione, mutiny, muton, menhaden, methionine, man-to-man, Mandaean, Mutawa'een, manawydan, matinee, motion, madam, mention, manhattan, Mindanao, minden, monition, mantineia, myotomy, montane, muhammadan, monodon, madonna, madden, mountain anemone, methadon, madame, Mt Etna, motown, mountain man, mahatma, maintenon, manawyddan, Mandean, mitten, myodynia, mdma, montana, mouton, mentation, mountain, muhammedan, Maundy Money, mutation, matman, minuteman, methenamine, munition, madman, mantinea, mid-may, metonym, modem, medina, mud hen, maiden name, mutton, mid-on, mow down, Mount Etna, momentum, maintain, mentum, maiden.

Hypernym for Metonymy:

• n.

  • communication
    metalepsis.

Hyponym for Metonymy:

• n.

  • communication
    trope, figure of speech, figure, image.