(rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part. / (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.

plural of synecdoche

Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice versa (the court for the judge).

Synonym of synecdochical

In a synecdochical manner.

present participle of synecdochize

The act of synecdochizing. / The state or quality of being synecdochized. / A synecdochical representation. / A representation of any kind.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of synecdochize

simple past tense and past participle of synecdochize

plural of synecdochization