synecdochical

1. 1.

   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

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

   Synonymssynecdochic

   Similarfigurative

Questions about synecdochical

What does synecdochical mean?

synecdochical means "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".

How many syllables are in synecdochical?

synecdochical has 5 syllables: sy-nec-do-chi-cal. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for synecdochical?

Close synonyms include synecdochic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is synecdochical a common word?

synecdochical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.