metonymic

Speech parts

1. metonymic - Noun

2. metonymic - Adjective

3. metonymic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Metonymical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

metonymical characteristic tropical analogous allegorical figurative alias metaphorical appellation antithetical antithetic connotative figural allusive analogic
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Antonyms

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Examples

to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works Source: Internet

Meir (2010) Many signs have metaphoric mappings as well as iconic or metonymic ones. Source: Internet

A good example of such a metonymic shift in the plural-to-singular direction is the following sentence: "Mathematics is my favorite academic subject." Source: Internet

In British English, it is generally accepted that collective nouns can take either singular or plural verb forms depending on the context and the metonymic shift that it implies. Source: Internet

In cases that a metonymic shift would be otherwise revealed nearby, the whole sentence may be recast to avoid the metonymy. Source: Internet

Simply a pile of decaying leather shoes piled against a bare, gray concrete wall the exhibit relies heavily on the emotional, sensory response the viewer will naturally through this use metonymic technique. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Metonic cycle metonitazene metonym metonymical metonymically metonymize