synecdochic

Letters that make synecdochic

s, o, d, e, n, c, h, i, y are letters that make 'synecdochic'

Words within synecdochic

CD, hi, DO, do, DoC, EC, IC, chi, doc, chic, ic, cd, HI, NE, NEC, Cd, Ne are words within 'synecdochic'


1 possible definitions for 'synecdochic'

Synecdochic as "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"

Under this definition, synecdochic is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

synecdochical has the same meaning as synecdochic

Derivatives of synecdochic

synecdoche is a derivative of synecdochic.

Similar to synecdochic

figurative, nonliteral are similar to 'synecdochic'.

Example of synecdochic used within this context

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



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