| ADJECTIVE | all | metonymic, metonymical | using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated |
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| Meaning | Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. | |
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| Example | "to say 'he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works" | |
| Synonym | metonymical | |
| Broader | figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal |
| Spanish | metonímico | |
| Catalan | metonímic | |
| Nouns | metonym | a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing |
| Adverbs | metonymically | in a metonymic manner |
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