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  1. antonomastic: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. antonomastic: Wiktionary
  4. Antonomastic, antonomastic: Dictionary.com
  5. Antonomastic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. antonomastic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Antonomastic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. antonomastic: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Antonomastic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Antonomastic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (antonomastic)

▸ adjective:  (rhetoric) Relating to, or characterized by, antonomasia.

Similar:
antonomastical, antonymic, anthroponymous, anthroponomical, onomantic, antinomian, onomastic, toponomastic, antinomistic, anaphoric, more...

Opposite:
synecdoche, metonymy

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Similar:
antonomastical, antonymic, anthroponymous, anthroponomical, onomantic, antinomian, onomastic, toponomastic, antinomistic, anaphoric, more...

Opposite:
synecdoche, metonymy



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