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Is metonymy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word metonymy is a Scrabble US word. The word metonymy is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

M3E1T1O1N1Y4M3Y4

Is metonymy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word metonymy is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

M3E1T1O1N1Y4M3Y4

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Yes. The word metonymy is a Words With Friends word. The word metonymy is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4E1T1O1N2Y3M4Y3

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8-letter words (1 found)

METONYMY,

7-letter words (1 found)

METONYM,

6-letter words (4 found)

ETYMON,MOMENT,MONTEM,TOYMEN,

5-letter words (9 found)

MENTO,MEYNT,MONEY,MONTE,MONTY,MOTEN,MOTEY,TOMMY,TONEY,

4-letter words (17 found)

EMMY,EYOT,MEMO,MENO,MENT,MOME,MONY,MOTE,NOME,NOTE,OMEN,TOEY,TOME,TONE,TONY,TYNE,YONT,

3-letter words (29 found)

EMO,EON,MEM,MEN,MET,MOE,MOM,MON,MOT,MOY,NET,NOM,NOT,NOY,NYE,NYM,ONE,ONY,OYE,TEN,TOE,TOM,TON,TOY,TYE,YEN,YET,YOM,YON,

2-letter words (18 found)

EM,EN,ET,ME,MM,MO,MY,NE,NO,NY,OE,OM,ON,OY,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from metonymy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of metonymy

metonymy

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈtɑnəmi/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈtɒnəmi/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

Noun

metonymy (countable and uncountable, plural metonymies)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
    Hypernyms: trope, figure of speech
    Hyponym: synecdoche
    Coordinate term: metaphor
  2. (countable) A metonym.

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See also

  • metalepsis
  • Category:English metonyms
  • hyponymy

Further reading

  • metonymy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • trope (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “metonymy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org