Usually means: Substitution of name by association.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word metonymical:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. metonymical: Merriam-Webster
  2. metonymical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metonymical: Collins English Dictionary
  4. metonymical: Vocabulary.com
  5. metonymical: Wordnik
  6. metonymical: Wiktionary
  7. metonymical: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. metonymical: Dictionary.com
  9. Metonymical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. metonymical: Rhymezone
  11. Metonymical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. metonymical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. metonymical: FreeDictionary.org
  14. metonymical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. metonymical: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. metonymical: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. metonymical: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Synonym of metonymic, of or relating to metonymy.

Similar:
figurative, nonliteral, metonymous, meronymic, metaphonic, synonymic, metaphonical, toponymous, paronymic, toponymical, more...

Types:
synecdoche, metonymy, more...

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Similar:
figurative, nonliteral, metonymous, meronymic, metaphonic, synonymic, metaphonical, toponymous, paronymic, toponymical, more...

Types:
synecdoche, metonymy, more...



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