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Definitions for Metonymy

[1] a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”
[2] the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant, as for example the use of the crown to refer to a monarch Compare synecdoche

Words related to Metonymy

symbol, image, analogy, similitude, emblem, personification, allegory, hope, trope, allusion, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression

Words nearby Metonymy

metol, metolazone, metonic cycle, metonym, metonymical, metonymy, metope, metopic, metopic suture, metopon, metopoplasty

Origin of Metonymy

1540–50; < Late Latin metōnymia < Greek metōnymía change of name; see met-, -onym, -y3

Word origin for Metonymy

C16: from Late Latin from Greek: a changing of name, from meta- (indicating change) + onoma name

Synonyms for Metonymy

analogy, image, symbol, allegory, emblem, hope, personification, similitude, trope