Associations to the word «Metonym»

Wiktionary

METONYM, noun. A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.

Dictionary definition

METONYM, noun. A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing; "Washington is a metonym for the United States government"; "plastic is a metonym for credit card".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin