1. relating to or involving synecdoche, a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole or vice versa
Usage: literary; rhetoric

Examples

• The poet’s synecdochic use of ‘hands’ to represent workers was effective.
• Her synecdochic reference to ‘wheels’ meaning a car showed creative language use.
• The synecdochic phrase ‘all hands on deck’ uses parts to represent whole people.
• His synecdochic style made abstract concepts more concrete and relatable.
• The advertisement’s synecdochic imagery used crowns to represent royalty.
• Students analyzed the synecdochic elements in the famous speech.