metonymy
Meaning of metonymy
noun
- 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.
- A metonym.
Information about metonymy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of metonymy is: metonymies.
- Languages in which metonymy is used:
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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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