Associations to the word «Metonymic»
Noun
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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
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.