Found 2 items, similar to synecdochical.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: synecdochical synecdochical adj : 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" [syn: synecdochic]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Synecdochical Synecdochical \Syn`ec*doch"ic*al\, a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. [1913 Webster] Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]