Synonyms: synecdochic, synecdochical
Definition: 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
Usage: to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech
Similar words: nonliteral, figurative
Definition: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Usage: figurative language