Definition of synecdoche
English to English noun - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
source: WordNet 3.0 - A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
source: Webster 1913
Visual Synonyms 
Nearby Word
synecdoche, synecdochic, sinus headache, synesthesia, synesthetic, synaesthetic, synaesthesia, synosteosis, smoked haddock, synostosis, swung dash, somesthesia, somesthesis, semichaotic, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, sewing stitch, schizomycetes, sanctus, seeing eye dog
|
|
|