| ADJECTIVE | all | metonymical, metonymic | 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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| Synonym | metonymic | |
| 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 |
| metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') | |
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