Associations to the word «Metonymic»

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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.