HyperDic: metonymical

English > 1 sense of the word metonymical:
ADJECTIVEallmetonymical, metonymicusing the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
English > metonymical: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningUsing the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.
Synonymmetonymic
Broaderfigurative, nonliteral(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal
Spanishmetonímico
Catalanmetonímic
Nounsmetonyma word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
metonymysubstituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')

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