Associations to the word «Metonymic»

Wiktionary

METONYMIC, adjective. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
METONYMIC, noun. A metonym.

Dictionary definition

METONYMIC, adjective. Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works".

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery