synecdochic


Meanings

  • 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"


Scrabble Score: 24

synecdochic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

synecdochic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

synecdochic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 26

synecdochic is a valid Words With Friends word