(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

Synonym of synecdochical

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).

In a synecdochical manner.

Synecdochical.

in a synecdochal manner

simple past tense and past participle of synecdochize

plural of synecdochization

present participle of synecdochize