metonymic

Definitions of metonymic
  1. 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”
    synonyms: metonymical
    figurative, nonliteral
    (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
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