Met·o·nym·ic Met·o·nym·ic·al a. Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. -- Met*o*nym*ic*al*ly, adv.
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metonymic
adj : 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"
[syn: metonymical]