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synecdochic synecdochic definition

synecdochic


 
  Overview  of  adj  synecdochic 
 
  The  adj  synecdochic  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  synecdochic,  synecdochical  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  synecdochic 
 
  1  sense  of  synecdochic 
 
  Sense  1 
  synecdochic,  synecdochical 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  figurative)  ->  literal 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  synecdochic 
 
  1  sense  of  synecdochic 
 
  Sense  1 
  synecdochic,  synecdochical 
  =>  figurative  (vs.  literal),  nonliteral 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  synecdochic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  synecdochic 
 
  synecdochic  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  synecdochic 
  synecdochic 
  synecdochical 
 
  Overview  of  adj  synecdochic 
 
  The  adj  synecdochic  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  synecdochic,  synecdochical  --  (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") 



synecdochic definition