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
