Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun syllepsis

1 sense of syllepsis

Sense 1
syllepsis -- (use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one)
       => zeugma -- (use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma")