metonymy

Meaning of metonymy

noun
  1. The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
  2. A metonym.

Information about metonymy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of metonymy is: metonymies.
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Hyphenation of metonymy

metonymy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • metonymy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with metonymy

antonymy, caconymy, eponymy, euonymy, heteronymy, holonymy, homonymy, hyponymy, isonymy, meronymy, metronymy, mononymy, myonymy, neuronymy, onymy, organonymy, paedonymy, paronymy, patronymy, poecilonymy, polyonymy, synonymy, tautonymy, teknonymy, toponymy, troponymy, hagiotoponymy, hypernymy

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