synecdochic

Speech parts

1. synecdochic - Adjective

2. synecdochic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

synecdochical extended label nickname generic designation descriptive denomination eponymous figurative appellation patronymic analogical sobriquet metonymic

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Antonyms

literal

Examples

to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

synecdochal synecdochally synecdoche synecdochical synecdochically synecdochisation