Added 9 October 2026 synecdochical /ˌsɪnəkˈdoʊkɪkəl/ adjective Categories: Describing WordsObscure Words adjective ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about synecdochical at Wordnik → Where our words come from → 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 Related Words: figurativenonliteralcosententialsyncategoremicsyncategorematicendocentricsymphronisticsyncratichomosemicsyncategorematicalsyndeticsynsemantic Back to today's word