Definition for Excerpt:

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Synonyms for Excerpt:

• n.

  •
  • arpeggio,
  • coda,
  • flourish,
  • breakbeat,
  • crescendo,
  • accompaniment,
  • counterpoint,
  • cadence,
  • descant.
  •citation; something taken from a whole (noun)
  • extract,
  • note,
  • portion,
  • selection,
  • fragment,
  • part,
  • saying,
  • section,
  • Pericope,
  • notation,
  • passage,
  • piece,
  • quotation,
  • quote.
  •communication (noun)
  • extract,
  • Excerption,
  • selection.
  •excerpt (noun)
  • extract,
  • take out,
  • selection.
  •selection (noun)
  • citation,
  • quotation,
  • passage.
  •synopsis (noun)
  • abridgment,
  • condensation,
  • overview,
  • summary,
  • abstract,
  • digest,
  • resume,
  • sketch,
  • synopsis,
  • compendium,
  • epitome,
  • outline,
  • precis,
  • prospectus.

• v.

  •cognition (verb)
  • take out,
  • extract.
  •take a part from a whole (verb)
  • cite,
  • single out,
  • cull,
  • pick,
  • select,
  • glean,
  • choose,
  • pick out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cadence,
  • choose,
  • part,
  • accompaniment,
  • arpeggio,
  • prelude,
  • phrase,
  • leitmotif,
  • rest,
  • descant,
  • breakbeat,
  • counterpoint,
  • signature,
  • quotation,
  • bit,
  • overture,
  • theme.
  •
  • coda,
  • communication,
  • lick,
  • suite,
  • cite,
  • flourish,
  • citation,
  • line,
  • motif,
  • crescendo,
  • movement,
  • refer.
  •choose
  • elect,
  • winnow,
  • single out.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cite,
  • Excerption,
  • absentmindedly,
  • draw out,
  • preference,
  • overture,
  • withdraw,
  • clip,
  • expel,
  • sentence,
  • tittle,
  • selection,
  • press out,
  • paraphrase,
  • analysis,
  • newspaper clipping,
  • press cutting,
  • retire,
  • note,
  • cull,
  • line,
  • natural selection,
  • bring up,
  • citation,
  • distil,
  • instance,
  • invite out,
  • notation,
  • abstractedly,
  • delete,
  • theme,
  • analecta,
  • accompaniment,
  • bring,
  • elicit,
  • refer to,
  • leave off,
  • press clipping,
  • forget,
  • part,
  • illustration,
  • sound bite,
  • pick,
  • pull out,
  • crescendo,
  • omit,
  • extract,
  • single out,
  • infusion,
  • exhibit,
  • exceptionally,
  • article,
  • extraction,
  • trot out,
  • descant,
  • piece,
  • counterpoint,
  • conspectus,
  • winnow,
  • essence,
  • quote,
  • elect,
  • prelude,
  • snippet,
  • analects,
  • glean,
  • move out,
  • scrap,
  • lick,
  • handpick,
  • fragment,
  • inattentively,
  • contents,
  • sum and substance,
  • election,
  • plagiarize,
  • select,
  • make a selection,
  • passage,
  • get out,
  • syllabus,
  • feature,
  • paragraph,
  • textbook,
  • reference,
  • depict,
  • pull,
  • describe,
  • minute,
  • exemplify,
  • Compend,
  • archive,
  • cutting,
  • motif,
  • option,
  • section,
  • minim,
  • communication,
  • remove,
  • heads,
  • suite,
  • call up,
  • allusion,
  • rest,
  • outlines,
  • absently,
  • quotation,
  • retell,
  • adopt,
  • cadence,
  • draw off,
  • saying,
  • take,
  • ask out,
  • film clip,
  • educe,
  • brief,
  • duplicate,
  • leave out,
  • leitmotif,
  • retract,
  • fail,
  • bring in,
  • recite,
  • survival,
  • distill,
  • buy food,
  • segment,
  • derive,
  • apercu,
  • interval,
  • shorten,
  • sift,
  • vote,
  • clipping,
  • banish,
  • draft,
  • unpack,
  • stanza,
  • except,
  • reproduce,
  • breakbeat,
  • flourish,
  • mention,
  • cull out,
  • evoke,
  • exclude,
  • verse,
  • refer,
  • choose,
  • canto,
  • text,
  • coda,
  • bit,
  • pick out,
  • draw,
  • signature,
  • Pericope,
  • portion,
  • repeat,
  • Pandect,
  • Ort,
  • choice,
  • scene,
  • attract,
  • arpeggio,
  • oust,
  • take out,
  • express,
  • movement,
  • phrase.

Antonyms for Excerpt:

• n.

  • citation; something taken from a whole
    insert, entirety, whole, refusal.

• v.

  • take a part from a whole
    reject, refuse.