metonymical English

Meaning metonymical meaning

What does metonymical mean?

metonymical

— adjective (= metonymic) 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

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metonymic

metaphorical

metaphoric

analogical