Definition of synecdochic

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  • synecdochic is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 24
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Definition of synecdochic

  • 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 (adjective)

    Examples

    1. to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech

    Synonyms

    1. synecdochical

See definition of synecdochic in Merriam Webster