synecdochical

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US/ˌsɪnəkˈdoʊkɪkəl/

adjective

Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using the term for a part or component to mean the whole (as "hand" for "laborer") or vice versa (as "the court" for "the judge").

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synecdochalsynecdochicfigurativenonliteral
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English synecdoche →
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Meanings

adjectivesynecdochical (comparative more synecdochical, superlative most synecdochical)

comparative more synecdochical · superlative most synecdochical

  1. Of, relating to, or exhibiting synecdoche.
    1. Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using the term for a part or component to mean the whole (as "hand" for "laborer") or vice versa (as "the court" for "the judge").

      Synonyms: synecdochal, synecdochic

    2. Of a whole: representing its components; of a part representing the whole.

      Synonyms: synecdochal, synecdochic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUsing an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using the term for a part or component to mean the whole (as "hand" for "laborer") or vice versa (as "the court" for "the judge").

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synecdochalsynecdochic

adjectiveOf a whole: representing its components; of a part representing the whole.

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synecdochalsynecdochic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveusing 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

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synecdochicfigurativenonliteral
Also see
synecdochalsynecdochic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishsynecdoche
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishsynecdochical

From synecdoche + -ical.

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Translations

French synecdochique
  • synecdochiqueTranslations
German synekdochisch
  • synekdochischTranslations
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APA

synecdochical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synecdochical

MLA

“synecdochical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synecdochical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synecdochical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synecdochical.

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