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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated;
- Example: "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
[syn: metonymic, metonymical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See
   Metonymy.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metonymical
    adj 1: 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: metonymic, metonymical]