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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