Synonyms & related words for metonymies

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Words related to metonymies

Explore words related to metonymies — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include metalepsis, metonymical, metonymic, metonym, synecdochic, synecdochical, synecdochically, synecdoche. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does metonymies come from?

The word metonymies breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: met-, from Greek meta (“change/substitution”); onym, from Greek onoma (“name”); and -ies, from Greek -ia (“state/quality”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.