{"id":13534,"date":"2023-01-18T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">What Is Metonymy?<\/mark><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word "},"modified":"2023-01-18T08:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:20:32","slug":"metonymy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/metonymy\/","title":{"rendered":"Metonymy &#8211; Definition, Meaning, and How to Use with Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-757930347\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">What Is Metonymy?<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is used in place of another with which it is closely associated. For example, in the phrase &#8220;the crown,&#8221; &#8220;crown&#8221; is being used as a metonym to refer to the monarch who wears it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a figure of speech based on contiguity (association) rather than similarity. It is often used to describe a more complex concept with a more simple term, or to make a more memorable phrase.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">How to Use Metonymy in a Sentence?<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, try to analyse what you want to convey to your target audience.<\/li><li>Identify the word or phrase that can be substituted.<\/li><li>Then, use a word that is closely related to the word or phrase to substitute it.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Examples of Metonymy<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The pen is mightier than the sword. (the pen represents written words and ideas, the sword represents military power)<\/li><li>The White House said\u2026 (referring to the President and his administration)<\/li><li>The press is here. (referring to journalists)<\/li><li>The bench ruled. (referring to the judges on the bench)<\/li><li>The crown jewels. (referring to the monarchy)<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/d3c1yyje0uguxm.cloudfront.net\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"What Is Metonymy? - www.wordscoach.com\" class=\"wp-image-13535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-Is-Metonymy-www.wordscoach.com_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is used in place of another with which it is closely associated. For example, in the phrase &#8220;the crown,&#8221; &#8220;crown&#8221; is being used as a metonym to refer to the monarch who wears it.<\/p>\n<p>Metonymy &#8211; Definition, Meaning, and How to Use with Examples<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10106,25],"tags":[10107,28,10255],"class_list":["post-13534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-figures-of-speech","category-english-grammar","tag-figures-of-speech","tag-grammar","tag-metonymy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}