Metonymy

Origin

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετονομασία (metōnumia, "change of name"), from μετά (meta, "other") + ὄνομα (onoma, "name").

Full definition of metonymy

Noun

1. The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
2. (countable) A metonym.

Coordinate terms

• metaphor

Hypernyms

• trope, figure of speech

Hyponyms

• synecdoche, synecdochy

Derived terms

• metonymous
• metonym
• metonymic