metonymy - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

Synonyms

• metonymy

More generic

• figure
• figure of speech
• image
• trope

More specific

• metalepsis

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