Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which you use a part of something to stand for the whole thing. If your parents buy you a car and you say that you just got a new set of wheels, you're using synecdoche you're using the wheels, which are part of a car, to refer to the whole car.
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
Noun
substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
n.
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for
the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part
(as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as,
cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for
a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
Synecdoche
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
Usage Examples
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