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# Synecdoche
- URL: https://www.wonderousworldsofwords.com/synecdoche-2/
- Published: 2026-10-09T12:41:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T14:35:04.000Z
- Description: A part standing in for the whole.
- Author: Tyler Bussell
- Tags: Word of the Day

Noun · pronounced sin-EK-duh-kee

What it means:

Synecdoche is a figure of speech where a part of something stands for the whole thing, or the whole stands for a part.

When the captain called for “all hands on deck,” he was using *synecdoche*; he wanted the sailors, not just their hands.