METONYMY Crossword Clue

'METONYMY' is a 8-letter word starting with M and ending with Y

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Clue
Answer
Length
METONYMY with 3 letters
SUB
3
METONYMY with 4 letters
COPY
4
FAKE
4
SIGN
4
METONYMY with 5 letters
DUMMY
5
EQUAL
5
GHOST
5
PHONY
5
PROXY
5
SPARE
5
TOKEN
5
VICAR
5
METONYMY with 6 letters
BACKUP
6
CHANGE
6
DEPUTY
6
DOUBLE
6
ERSATZ
6
RELIEF
6
RINGER
6
SIMILE
6
SPEECH
6
SYMBOL
6
METONYMY with 7 letters
ANALOGY
7
STAND IN
7
METONYMY with 8 letters
EXCHANGE
8
METAPHOR
8
RESERVES
8
METONYMY with 9 letters
ALTERNATE
9
IMITATION
9
MAKESHIFT
9
PERSONNEL
9
SECONDARY
9
SURROGATE
9
METONYMY with 10 letters
CHANGELING
10
COMPARISON
10
EQUIVALENT
10
SUBSTITUTE
10
UNDERSTUDY
10
METONYMY with 11 letters
ALTERNATIVE
11
COUNTERFEIT
11
MALAPROPISM
11
PINCH HITTER
11
REPLACEMENT
11
THIRD STRING
11
METONYMY with 12 letters
SECOND STRING
12
SUBSTITUTION
12
METONYMY with 13 letters
VICE-PRESIDENT
13
METONYMY with 14 letters
FIGURE OF SPEECH
14
REPRESENTATIVE
14

Definition of metonymy

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

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How many solutions are there for the crossword clue "METONYMY"?

There are 49 solutions. The longest is FIGURE OF SPEECH with 14 letters, and the shortest is SUB with 3 letters.

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Solutions are between 3 and 14 letters long.

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