Synonyms for summary
ˈsʌm ə risum·ma·ry

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1. summarynoun

   Synonyms:
   short form, upshot, bottom line

2. summaryadjective

   Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

   A summary review is in the appendix.

   Synonyms:
   bottom line, short form, upshot

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1. summary

   An abridgment gives the most important portions of a work substantially as they stand. An outline or synopsis is a kind of sketch closely following the plan. An abstract or digest is an independent statement of what the book contains. An analysis draws out the chief thoughts or arguments, whether expressed or implied. A summary is the most condensed statement of results or conclusions. An epitome, compend, or compendium is a condensed view of a subject, whether derived from a previous publication or not. We may have an abridgment of a dictionary, but not an analysis, abstract, digest, or summary. We may have an epitome of religion, a compendium of English literature, but not an abridgment. Compare ABBREVIATION.

   Synonyms:
   abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, compend, compendium, digest, epitome, outline, synopsis

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1. summaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   compendious, short, succinct, brief, offhand, decisive, quick, sharp, unceremonious, informal, rapid, concise

   Antonyms:
   tedious, circuitous, roundabout, protracted, formal, ceremonious, punctilious, slow

2. summarynoun

   Synonyms:
   analysis, tabulation, abridgment, resume, compendium, digest, epitome, abstract

   Antonyms:
   dilatation, expansion, dilution

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1. summary, sum-upadjective

   a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

   "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

   Synonyms:
   sum-up

   Antonyms:
   official, prolix

2. drumhead, summaryadjective

   performed speedily and without formality

   "a summary execution"; "summary justice"

   Synonyms:
   succinct, compact, compendious, drumhead

   Antonyms:
   prolix, official

3. compendious, compact, succinct, summaryadjective

   briefly giving the gist of something

   "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

   Synonyms:
   stocky, succinct, compact, thickset, thick, heavyset, drumhead, compendious

   Antonyms:
   official, prolix

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1. summaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   short, brief, concise, compendious, synoptical, succinct, laconic, curt, terse, pithy, compact, condensed

2. summarynoun

   Synonyms:
   abridgment, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome, digest, synopsis, syllabus, conspectus, RESUMÉ, sum and substance, the short and the long

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1. summarynoun

   Synonyms:
   recapitulation, epitome, résumé, synopsis

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1. List of paraphrases for "summary":

   abstract, sommaire, summarized, synthesis, overview, summaries, contents, analytical, synopsis, brief, summarization, memorandum, consolidated, digest, short, summarize, concise, outline, account, wrap-up, sum, synthetic, recap, recapitulative, résumé, condensed, nutshell, summing-up, succinct, record, abstracts, analytic, summarised, synthesizing, summarise, summarizing, summation, recapitulation, roll-up, synoptic, briefly, cursory, summarizes

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   I don't want a summary of Robert Mueller report, i want the whole damn report because nobody, especially this President, is above the law.

2. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

   If you're looking for a quick summary of Secretary Kerry's position on the need for Iran to completely disclose all its past nuclear activity, let's just say he was for it before he was against it.

3. Stephen Grimes:

   The ballot summary fails to advise the voter that small solar providers can completely ignore health, safety and building code regulations, they didn't want the voters to know that.

4. Pier Giorgio:

   We are talking about a person who has been making films for 50 years and his made a great number of films which have dealt with diverse issues. In this film, I think you can find a summary of them all, it is a script in which I found so many things about his life, about his cinema, past and future.

5. Telemaco Talavera:

   In summary, ERM says that the project offers potential benefits for the environment and the people of Nicaragua.