metonymy Meaning and Definition
Urdu Meanings
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علم بیان کی ایک صفت
ilm byaan ki aik sift
Definitions
English definition for metonymy
1. n. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in they counted heads')
All in One
Metonymy (/mᵻˈtɒnᵻmi/ mi-TONN-ə-mee) is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by a metonym, the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept.
Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms for metonymy
Synonyms adumbration allegory alliteration allusion analogue anaphora anticlimax antistrophe antithesis aposiopesis apostrophe asyndeton bathos comparison conceit echoism ellipsis euphemism euphuism hyperbole image imagery irony litotes metaphor metonymy onomatopoeia oxymoron parable paradox parallel personification proteron rhetoric satire simile synecdoche trope tropology understatement
International Languages
Meaning for metonymy found in 42 Languages.
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