Words with a similar base: metonymic, metonymical

'metonymic'
[metonymic.s.01] as in: using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated

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


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metonymic (English)
└── μετωνυμικός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
    └── μετωνυμία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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