metonymy metonymously • metope · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · metonymy · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads'). · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079