Related Words for metonymy

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WordSyllablesCategories
synecdoche
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Noun
metaphor
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Noun
polysemy
xxxx
Noun
symbolization
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Noun
personification
xxxx/x
Noun
simile
/xx
Noun
semiotic
xx/x
Noun
symbolic
x/x
Adjective
deictic
/xx
Adjective
intertextuality
/x/x/xx
Noun
syntagmatic
/x/x
Adjective
symbolism
/xxx
Noun
analogical
xx/xx
Adjective
iconicity
xx/xx
Noun
nominalization
/xxx/x
Noun
allusion
x/x
Noun
anaphora
x/xx
Noun
deixis
/x
Noun
anaphoric
xx/x
Adjective
mimesis
/xx
Noun
symbolical
x/xx
Adjective
signification
/xx/x
Noun
etymologically
xxx/xx
Adverb
nonlinguistic
xx/x
Adjective
ekphrasis
//xx
Noun
paradigmatic
/xx/x
Adjective
indexical
/xxx
Adjective
figurative
/xxx
Adjective
reification
xxx/x
Noun
euphemism
/xxx
Noun
semantic
x/x
Adjective
dialectic
xx/x
Noun
partitive
/xx
Adjective
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective
disjunction
x/x
Noun
signifier
/xxx
Noun
referent
/xx
Noun
sentential
x/x
Adjective
foregrounding
/xx
Noun
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
dialectical
xx/xx
Adjective
allegory
/xxx
Noun
metalinguistic
x/x/x
Adjective
syntactical
//xx
Adjective
connotative
xx/x
Adjective
abjection
//x
Noun
periphrastic
x//x
Adjective
analogy
x/xx
Noun
typological
xx/xx
Adjective
pragmatics
x/x
Noun
typology
x/xx
Noun
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
prosodic
x/x
Adjective
oxymoron
x//x
Noun
trope
x
Noun
referential
xx/x
Adjective
hyperbole
x/xx
Noun
contiguity
x//xx
Noun
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
defies
x/
Verb
crossroads
/x
Noun
lodge
/
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
visual
/xx
Adjective
relies
x/
Verb
instances
/xx
Noun
stands
/
Verb
displacement
x/x
Noun
substitution
xx/x
Noun
desire
x/x
Noun
operates
/xx
Verb
involves
x/
Verb
uses
/x
Verb
disorder
x/x
Noun
serves
/
Verb
praise
/
Noun
example
x/x
Noun
becomes
x/
Verb
logic
/x
Noun
notion
/x
Noun
defines
x/
Verb
distinction
x/x
Noun
figures
/x
Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
simple
/x
Adjective
refers
x/
Verb
kind
/
Noun
language
/x
Noun
based
/
Verb
cases
/x
Noun
antithesis
x/xx
Noun
cliche
x/
Noun, Verb
conflation
x/x
Noun
elision
x/x
Noun
ellipsis
x/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
figuration
xx/x
Noun
illusion
x/x
Noun
misconception
xx/x
Noun
montage
x/
Noun, Verb
syntax
/x
Noun
wav
/
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb