Metonymical: alternatives and connections

Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Alt. of Metonymical

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.