Synonyms for "antonomasia" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(2 words)

autonomasiaautonomasy

classclassification

Strong matches (6)

familyfigure of speechgenuskingdommalapropismmetaphor

Related words (9)

nicknameorderphylumsimilespeciesspeechsystematicstaxonomyterminology

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

1 entries

rhetorical device

coordinate

1 entries

eponym

has context

1 entries

rhetoric

related to

5 entries

autonomasiaepithetproper nounsubstitutiontitle

Translations

9 translations across 9 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• antonomàsia noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 代稱 /代称 noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Finnish

1 entries

• antonomasia noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

French

1 entries

• antonomase noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Polish

1 entries

• antonomazja noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Portuguese

1 entries

• antonomásia noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

• antonomazija noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Spanish

1 entries

• antonomasia noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Swedish

1 entries

• antonomasi noun (substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun)

Sample sentences

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