adjective
- relating to or involving metonymy, a figure of speech in which something is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it
Usage: literary; rhetoric
Examples
- The phrase ‘the crown’ is a metonymical reference to the monarchy.
- His metonymical use of ‘Hollywood’ to mean the film industry was effective.
- The poet’s metonymical language created vivid imagery.
- Students studied the metonymical expressions in Shakespeare’s plays.
- The journalist’s metonymical writing style made complex topics accessible.
- Her metonymical reference to ‘Wall Street’ clearly meant financial markets.