Synecdoche the whole for part will take, Or part for whole, just for the metre's sake.
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Synecdoche
//sɪˈnɛk.də.ki//
Synonyms for "synecdoche" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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6 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sinekdogee noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Albanian
1 entries- sinekdohë noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Armenian
2 entries- համըմբռնում noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
- սինեկդոխա noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sinekdoxa noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Belarusian
1 entries- сіне́кдаха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сине́кдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Catalan
1 entries- sinècdoque noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 提喻 noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
- 提喻法 noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Czech
1 entries- synekdocha noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Danish
1 entries- synekdoke noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Dutch
1 entries- synecdoche noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Esperanto
1 entries- sinekdoĥo noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Finnish
1 entries- synekdokee noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
French
1 entries- synecdoque noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Georgian
1 entries- სინეკდოქე noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
German
1 entries- Synekdoche noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Greek
1 entries- συνεκδοχή noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִינֶקְדּוֹכָה noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Hindi
1 entries- सिनेकडकी noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Hungarian
1 entries- szinekdoché noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Italian
1 entries- sineddoche noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Japanese
2 entries- 提喩 noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
- 提喩法 noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Kazakh
1 entries- синекдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Korean
2 entries- 제유 noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
- 제유법 noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- синекдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sinekdocha noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Macedonian
1 entries- синегдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Occitan
2 entries- sinecdòca noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
- sinecdòque noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Polish
1 entries- synekdocha noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Portuguese
1 entries- sinédoque noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Romanian
1 entries- sinecdocă noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Russian
1 entries- сине́кдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sinegdoha noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
- синегдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Sicilian
1 entries- sinèdduchi noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Slovak
1 entries- synekdocha noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Spanish
1 entries- sinécdoque noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Swedish
1 entries- synekdoke noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Tagalog
1 entries- halisakop noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Tamil
1 entries- ஆகுபெயர் noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Thai
1 entries- สัมพจนัย noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Turkish
1 entries- sinekdoş noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сине́кдоха noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Uzbek
1 entries- sinekdoxa noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cải dung noun (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
"Holocaust" can become a tired synecdoche for war crimes in general.
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Perhaps being in a touring band was, to Yorke, a synecdoche for the modern condition: disorientation, alienation, rootlessness, exhaustion, lack of control, occasional derangement, constant motion.
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