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Showing words for SYNECDOCHE using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Synecdoche

synecdoche

8 Letter Words for Synecdoche

concedes, ecdysone

7 Letter Words for Synecdoche

concede, conched, decency, ecdyson, encodes, honeyed, hoseyed, hoydens, sconced, seconde

6 Letter Words for Synecdoche

cedens, censed, cheesy, chende, cheson, chosen, coches, codecs, codens, cohens, conche, conchs, conchy, coneys, cosech, coshed, decons, decoys, decyne, desyne, dhoney, donees, doyens, echoed, echoes, echoey, encode, esnecy, hences, honeys, hoyden, hyndes, noshed, scened, schene, schone, sconce, second, sheeny, shonde, sychee, synced, syndoc, yecchs, yshend

5 Letter Words for Synecdoche

cedes, cense, chese, chocs, chode, chons, chose, chynd, codec, coden, codes, coeds, cohen, conch, coned, cones, consy, cosec, cosed, cosen, cosey, coyed, cydon, decon, decos, decoy, deens, deeny, denes, dense, doesn, doncy, donec, donee, doney, donsy, doseh, doyen, dynes, eched, eches, encyc, enoch, enode, hecco, heeds, heedy, hence, hends, hendy, heyed, honds, honed, hones, honey, hosed, hosen, hosey, hoyed, hyens, hynde, hyson, needs, needy, nodes, nohes, nosed, noyed, noyes, oches, onces, scend, scene, scone, secco, secno, seech, seedy, sence, seyen, sheen, shend, shode, shone, sneed, snyed, sonce, soncy, sonde, sycee, sycon, syned, synod, ycond, yecch, yechs, yedes, yeech, yeeds, yodhs

4 Letter Words for Synecdoche

cede, cees, cene, cens, chee, chen, choc, chon, choy, coch, code, cods, coed, coes, conc, cond, cone, cons, cony, cose, cosh, coyn, coys, csch, cyon, deco, deen, dees, dene, dens, deny, desc, deys, docs, doen, does, done, dons, dose, dosh, dyce, dyes, dyne, ecce, ecch, ecco, eche, echo, ecod, econ, eden, edhs, eech, ehed, ency, ende, endo, ends, ened, enes, ense, eons, esne, eyed, eyen, eyes, eyne, hede, heed, hend, hens, heys, hods, hoed, hoes, hoey, hond, hone, hons, hose, hoys, hyde, hyed, hyen, hyes, hynd, hyne, neds, need, nese, nesh, node, nods, noes, nose, nosh, nosy, noys, nsec, nyed, nyes, oche, ochs, odes, ohed, once, ondy, ones, oyes, scho, scye, sech, seco, secy, seed, seen, send, sene, shed, shee, shod, shoe, sned, snee, snod, snye, soce, sody, sond, sone, syce, syed, syen, sync, synd, syne, yech, yede, yedo, yeed, yees, yens, yese, yeso, yode, yodh, yods, yond

3 Letter Words for Synecdoche

cee, cen, ceo, che, chn, cho, chs, cns, cod, con, cos, coy, csc, cyc, dec, dee, den, des, dey, doc, doe, don, dos, dso, dye, dyn, dys, ecc, ech, eco, edh, edo, eds, eec, een, ehs, enc, end, ene, ens, eon, eos, esc, esd, ese, eye, eyn, hed, hee, hen, heo, hes, hey, hny, hoc, hod, hoe, hon, hos, hoy, hyd, hye, nco, ned, nee, neo, nod, noh, nos, noy, nye, nys, och, ode, ods, oes, ohs, one, ons, ony, ose, oye, oys, scd, sch, sec, sed, see, sen, sey, she, sho, shy, sny, soc, sod, son, soy, sye, syn, yds, yed, yee, yeh, yen, yeo, yes, yod, yoe, yon, yos

Definitions for Synecdoche

[1] a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
[2] a figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part, as in 50 head of cattle for 50 cows, or the army for a soldier

Words related to Synecdoche

allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor

Words nearby Synecdoche

syndicate, syndiotactic, syndrome, syndrome x, syne, synecdoche, synechia, synechiotomy, synechism, synecious, synecology

Origin of Synecdoche

1350–1400; < Medieval Latin < Greek synekdochḗ, equivalent to syn- syn- + ekdochḗ act of receiving from another, equivalent to ek- ec- + -dochē, noun derivative of déchesthai to receive

Words that may be confused with Synecdoche

Schenectady, synecdoche

Other words from Synecdoche

syn·ec·doch·ic [sin-ik-dok -ik] /ˌsɪn ɪkˈdɒk ɪk/ , syn·ec·doch·i·cal , adjective
syn·ec·doch·i·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Synecdoche

C14: via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from syn- + ekdokhē interpretation, from dekhesthai to accept

Synonyms for Synecdoche

adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking