Words similar to metonymy

Example sentences for: metonymy

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But while the silk hat no longer invokes uptown swells, no other headgear has replaced it in our metonymy.
2. crown for king: metonymy:: blade for sword:?
Privy and closet are examples of euphemism by metonymy, which is the substitution of the name of an attribute of a thing for the thing itself: a toilet is a private place, therefore a privy.
All these are feasible surmises by the process of metonymy.
Women's language is often metonymy for women's literary style.