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Definition metonymy

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (metonomasía, “change of name”), from ???? (metá, “other”) + ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

Examples

metonymy (countable and uncountable, plural metonymies)

  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. (countable) A metonym.

Results 60 Words with the letters METONYMY

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11 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
DYNAMOMETRY 23
8 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
METONYMY 19
7 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
METONYM 16
6 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
ETYMON 12
MOMENT 13
5 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
MONEY 11
MONTE 9
MOTEY 10
TOMMY 13
TONEY 8
4 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
EMMY 12
MEMO 10
MENO 8
MOME 10
MONY 10
MOTE 7
NOME 8
NOTE 5
OMEN 8
TOME 7
TONE 5
TONY 7
TYNE 7
3 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
EON 4
MEM 9
MEN 7
MET 6
MOM 9
MON 7
MOT 6
NET 4
NOM 7
NOT 4
ONE 4
TEN 4
TOE 3
TOM 6
TON 4
TOY 5
TYE 5
YEN 6
YET 5
YOM 8
YON 6
2 letter words with the letters METONYMY ↑
EM 5
EN 3
ET 2
ME 5
MM 8
MO 5
MY 7
NE 3
NO 3
OE 2
OM 5
ON 3
OY 4
TO 2
YE 4
YO 4

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