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Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌməɹi], [ sˈʌməɹi], [ s_ˈʌ_m_ə_ɹ_i]
A summary is a brief statement that captures the essence of a longer piece of text or a story. As an essential part of communication, summaries allow people to quickly and easily understand and remember the main points of a message or a document. There are many different synonyms for the word "summary," including synopsis, recapitulation, condensation, abstract, and brief. Each of these words conveys the same idea of a shortened version of something else for easy understanding. Summaries can be useful in various scenarios, from writing reports to delivering business presentations or simply understanding a long article or book.
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Similar words for summary:
- short (adjective)
- straight (adjective)
- succinct (adjective)
- arbitrary (adjective)
- concise, to the point (adjective)
- cursory (adjective)
- curt (adjective)
- explanatory (adjective)
- momentary (adjective)
- one-dimensional (adjective)
- short and sweet (adjective)
- short-range (adjective)
- short-term (adjective)
- speedy (adjective)
- superficial (adjective)
- temporary (adjective)
- terse (adjective)
- thumbnail (adjective)
- abridgment (noun)
- compendium (noun)
- condensation (noun)
- description (noun)
- digest (noun)
- dossier (noun)
- explanation (noun)
- explication (noun)
- gist (noun)
- inventory (noun)
- judgment (noun)
- literature (noun)
- note/notes (noun)
- outline (noun)
- paraphrase (noun)
- recapitulation (noun)
- report (noun)
- restatement (noun)
- resume (noun)
- roundup (noun)
- score (noun)
- short statement of main points (noun)
- sketch (noun)
- synopsis (noun)
- table (noun)
- digest
- fleeting
- flimsy
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Summary:
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adj.
• short • straight • succinct • arbitrary • concise, to the point • cursory- half assed ,
- half baked ,
- halfassed ,
- halfbaked ,
- hit miss ,
- more depthless ,
- more half assed ,
- more half-assed ,
- more halfassed ,
- most depthless ,
- most half assed ,
- most half-assed ,
- most halfassed ,
- shallower ,
- un critical ,
- un-critical .
- Justifying ,
- dis cursive ,
- dis-cursive ,
- ex positional ,
- ex-positional ,
- in formative ,
- in forming ,
- in-formative ,
- in-forming ,
- more annotative ,
- more declarative ,
- more diagrammatic ,
- more elucidatory ,
- more exegetical ,
- more expositional ,
- more guiding ,
- more informing ,
- more justifying ,
- most annotative ,
- most declarative ,
- most diagrammatic ,
- most elucidatory ,
- most exegetical ,
- most expositional ,
- most guiding ,
- most informing ,
- most justifying ,
- supplementary .
- evanescent ,
- flashing ,
- fugacious ,
- gone flash ,
- impermanent ,
- in wink an eye ,
- in wink eye ,
- in wink of eye ,
- like lightning ,
- more flashing ,
- most flashing ,
- most shifting ,
- short lived ,
- shortlived .
- ex press ,
- ex-press ,
- harefooted ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- more alacritous ,
- more harefooted ,
- more quick fire ,
- more quick-fire ,
- more quickfire ,
- more rapid fire ,
- more rapid-fire ,
- more rapidfire ,
- more supersonic ,
- more ultrasonic ,
- most alacritous ,
- most harefooted ,
- most quick fire ,
- most quick-fire ,
- most quickfire ,
- most rapid fire ,
- most rapid-fire ,
- most rapidfire ,
- most supersonic ,
- most ultrasonic ,
- quick fire ,
- quickfire ,
- rapid fire ,
- rapidfire ,
- super sonic ,
- super-sonic ,
- ultra sonic .
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- in-attentive ,
- more quick fix ,
- more quick-fix ,
- more quickfix ,
- more smattery ,
- more warped ,
- most quick fix ,
- most quick-fix ,
- most quickfix ,
- most smattery ,
- most warped ,
- nodding ,
- on surface ,
- quick-fix ,
- quickfix ,
- shoalest ,
- skin deep ,
- skindeep ,
- sur face ,
- sur-face ,
- tip iceberg ,
- tip of iceberg ,
- tip the iceberg .
- bandaid ,
- for time being ,
- makedo ,
- more band aid ,
- more band-aid ,
- more bandaid ,
- more make do ,
- more make-do ,
- more makedo ,
- more overnight ,
- more unfixed ,
- most band aid ,
- most band-aid ,
- most bandaid ,
- most make do ,
- most make-do ,
- most makedo ,
- most overnight ,
- most unfixed ,
- over-night ,
- pro visional ,
- provisory ,
- suppliest ,
- temp ,
- un fixed ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
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n.
• abridgment • compendium • condensation • description- blow by blows ,
- de lineation ,
- de lineations ,
- de tail ,
- de-lineation ,
- de-lineations ,
- de-tail ,
- re citation ,
- re citations ,
- re cord ,
- re cords ,
- re presentation ,
- re presentations ,
- re-citation ,
- re-citations ,
- re-cord ,
- re-cords ,
- re-presentations ,
- recountals ,
- summarizations .
- de tails ,
- de-tails ,
- dis play ,
- dis plays ,
- dis-play ,
- dis-plays ,
- ex ample ,
- ex planation ,
- ex planations ,
- ex-ample ,
- ex-planation ,
- ex-planations ,
- ex-position ,
- ex-positions ,
- re solutions ,
- re-solution ,
- re-solutions .
- name game ,
- name the game ,
- nature beast ,
- nature the beast ,
- nuts bolts ,
- sub stance ,
- sub stances ,
- sub-stance ,
- sub-stances ,
- up shot ,
- up shots ,
- up-shot ,
- up-shots .
- assayings ,
- be lief ,
- be-lief ,
- close studies ,
- de cree ,
- de crees ,
- de termination ,
- de terminations ,
- de-cree ,
- de-crees ,
- de-termination ,
- de-terminations ,
- in quest ,
- in quests ,
- in-quest ,
- in-quests ,
- re gards ,
- re search ,
- re searches ,
- re view ,
- re views ,
- re-gard ,
- re-view ,
- re-views ,
- weigh ins ,
- weigh-ins ,
- weighin ,
- weighins .
- belles lettre ,
- belles-lettre ,
- belleslettre ,
- belleslettres ,
- dis course ,
- dis courses ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-courses .
- bare fact ,
- bare facts ,
- floor plan ,
- ground plan ,
- main feature ,
- main features ,
- rough idea ,
- the long and short of a thing ,
- thumbnail sketch ,
- tracings .
- para phrase ,
- para phrases ,
- para-phrase ,
- para-phrases ,
- re hash ,
- re hashes ,
- re phrasing ,
- re phrasings ,
- re wording ,
- re wordings ,
- re-hash ,
- re-hashes ,
- re-phrasing ,
- re-phrasings ,
- re-wording ,
- re-wordings ,
- rephrasings .
- re capitulation ,
- re capitulations ,
- re prise ,
- re prises ,
- re-capitulation ,
- re-capitulations ,
- re-prise ,
- re-prises .
Other synonyms:
- abbreviation ,
- conspectus ,
- excursus ,
- findings ,
- progress report ,
- recapitulation ,
- round up ,
- schematic ,
- shorthand ,
- summation ,
- voice over .
- bulletin ,
- communication ,
- explanation ,
- laconic ,
- literature ,
- note ,
- peroration ,
- short ,
- terse ,
- wrap up .
- judgment ,
- review ,
- run-through .
- general .
- brief .
Other relevant words:
- Compacted ,
- Compend ,
- Curtailed ,
- Curtate ,
- Distilled ,
- Foreshortening ,
- Glancing ,
- Pandect ,
- Stubbed ,
- Summaries ,
- Summing ,
- Telescoping ,
- abbreviated ,
- abridged ,
- abridgement ,
- abrupt ,
- absentmindedly ,
- absolute ,
- abstractedly ,
- accounts ,
- active ,
- agenda ,
- alacritous ,
- alert ,
- analysis ,
- apercu ,
- aphoristic ,
- apocope ,
- aposiopestic ,
- apothegmatic ,
- approximately ,
- apt ,
- arbitrary ,
- argument ,
- ask ,
- ask for ,
- attract ,
- authoritarian ,
- autocratic ,
- bill of fare ,
- body count ,
- breviloquent ,
- bring ,
- brisk ,
- brusque ,
- capitulation ,
- capsule ,
- case ,
- casual ,
- catalogue raisonne ,
- chunky ,
- clipped ,
- close ,
- coarsely ,
- coerce ,
- cogent ,
- compact ,
- compendiary ,
- compendious ,
- comprehensive ,
- compressed ,
- compression ,
- concentrated ,
- concise ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- condensed ,
- consider ,
- consolidation ,
- constrain ,
- contents ,
- contracted ,
- contraction ,
- copy ,
- core ,
- corrupt ,
- crisp ,
- critique ,
- curriculum ,
- cursory ,
- curt ,
- curtailment ,
- curtal ,
- cut ,
- decisive ,
- decurtate ,
- demand ,
- dense ,
- design ,
- despotic ,
- despotical ,
- diagnosis ,
- dictatorial ,
- direct ,
- dismissive ,
- distillate ,
- docked ,
- dogmatic ,
- draft ,
- drive ,
- drumhead ,
- dumpy ,
- dwelling upon ,
- early ,
- elaboration ,
- elision ,
- ellipsis ,
- elliptic ,
- elliptical ,
- employ ,
- encapsulation ,
- encroach ,
- engage ,
- engross ,
- epigrammatic ,
- essence ,
- essentials ,
- exact ,
- examine ,
- expeditious ,
- expeditiously ,
- explanatory ,
- explication ,
- expose ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extract ,
- fail ,
- fast ,
- fleeting ,
- forward ,
- generalisation ,
- generalize ,
- generate ,
- get ,
- gist ,
- gnomic ,
- guidebook ,
- harshly ,
- haste ,
- hastily ,
- hasty ,
- head count ,
- headlong ,
- heads ,
- heavyset ,
- high-handed ,
- hurried ,
- immediate ,
- imperious ,
- in a nutshell ,
- inconsiderate ,
- incontinent ,
- induce ,
- information ,
- instant ,
- instantaneous ,
- instantly ,
- intelligence ,
- interpretative ,
- interpretive ,
- invade ,
- investigate ,
- irresponsible ,
- iteration ,
- lawless ,
- lean ,
- listing ,
- little ,
- long and short of it ,
- low ,
- magisterial ,
- main point ,
- meat ,
- memo ,
- memorandum ,
- minute ,
- minutes ,
- monosyllabic ,
- nearly ,
- neat ,
- necessitate ,
- news ,
- nose count ,
- notes ,
- nutshell ,
- oblate ,
- omit ,
- on time ,
- on-the-spot ,
- one-dimensional ,
- ought to ,
- outlines ,
- particulars ,
- passing ,
- peremptory ,
- perfunctory ,
- pith ,
- pithy ,
- plan ,
- plot ,
- plunder ,
- pointed ,
- practicing ,
- precipitate ,
- pregnant ,
- prime ,
- pro tem ,
- proceedings ,
- profile ,
- programme ,
- prompt ,
- promptly ,
- pronto ,
- protocol ,
- pruned ,
- pug ,
- punctual ,
- quaint ,
- quick ,
- quickly ,
- rapid ,
- rapidly ,
- rather ,
- readily ,
- ready ,
- reaffirmation ,
- recap ,
- recapped ,
- recital ,
- reckoning ,
- recountal ,
- reduction ,
- rehash ,
- rehashed ,
- rehearsal ,
- reissue ,
- reiteration ,
- reportage ,
- reprint ,
- require ,
- reserved ,
- restatement ,
- restrain ,
- retrenchment ,
- retrousse ,
- return ,
- rob ,
- roughly ,
- round-up ,
- roundup ,
- routine ,
- rudely ,
- run through ,
- run-down ,
- rundown ,
- scenario ,
- scheme ,
- scrimp ,
- sense ,
- sententious ,
- shorn ,
- short and sweet ,
- short-range ,
- short-term ,
- shortened ,
- shortening ,
- skeleton ,
- slapdash ,
- slate ,
- slenderly ,
- slightly ,
- slimly ,
- spartan ,
- speedily ,
- speedy ,
- squab ,
- squabby ,
- squat ,
- statement of account ,
- stocky ,
- story ,
- story-line ,
- straight ,
- straighten ,
- stubby ,
- stumpy ,
- substance ,
- succinct ,
- sudden ,
- suddenly ,
- sum and substance ,
- sum up ,
- summarily ,
- summarisation ,
- summarise ,
- summarization ,
- summarize ,
- summed up ,
- summing up ,
- survey ,
- swift ,
- swiftly ,
- syllabus ,
- syncope ,
- synopsized ,
- synoptic ,
- tabulation ,
- taciturn ,
- telegraphic ,
- temporary ,
- tempt ,
- textbook ,
- the point ,
- thick ,
- thickset ,
- threaten ,
- thumbnail ,
- tight ,
- timely ,
- to the point ,
- transactions ,
- transcript ,
- transient ,
- trenchant ,
- truncated ,
- truncation ,
- try ,
- tyrannical ,
- unaccountable ,
- unanswerable ,
- uncompromising ,
- unevenly ,
- unhesitating ,
- unofficial ,
- version ,
- violently ,
- want .
- Depthless ,
- Elucidatory ,
- Rapid-fire ,
- band aid ,
- clear cut ,
- declarative ,
- diagrammatic ,
- exegetical ,
- expositional ,
- for the time being ,
- gone in flash ,
- half-assed ,
- highhanded ,
- in wink of an eye ,
- make do ,
- make-do ,
- no ifs ands or buts ,
- no joke ,
- on the surface ,
- over night ,
- overnight ,
- quick-fire ,
- shoaler ,
- smattery ,
- straight out ,
- supersonic ,
- supplier ,
- tip of the iceberg ,
- ultra-sonic ,
- ultrasonic ,
- unfixed .
- ACTA ,
- ACTAS ,
- Apercus ,
- BIO ,
- BIOS ,
- Breviaries ,
- CVS ,
- LITS ,
- Marginalia ,
- Re-mark ,
- Re-presentation ,
- Re-search ,
- Vita ,
- abstract ,
- adumbration ,
- belles lettres ,
- belles-lettres ,
- blow by blow ,
- boildown ,
- brandings ,
- breviary ,
- characterization ,
- characterizations ,
- close study ,
- communique ,
- communiques ,
- compendium ,
- condensation ,
- curriculum vitae ,
- datum ,
- datums ,
- description ,
- digest ,
- dossier ,
- epitome ,
- figuration ,
- finding ,
- history ,
- hot story ,
- humanities ,
- in formation ,
- info ,
- inside story ,
- integrals ,
- inventory ,
- itemization ,
- itemizations ,
- jotting ,
- jottings ,
- keynotes ,
- literary work ,
- literary works ,
- lore ,
- lowdown ,
- manual ,
- messages ,
- name of game ,
- nature of beast ,
- nature of the beast ,
- nitty gritty ,
- nuts and bolts ,
- outline ,
- pandects ,
- perorations ,
- personal account ,
- pipeline ,
- pipelines ,
- portfolios ,
- portraiture ,
- portraitures ,
- presentment ,
- presentments ,
- probings ,
- recorded information ,
- rendering ,
- report ,
- reprise ,
- reprises ,
- rewordings ,
- roughs ,
- score ,
- scribble ,
- short form ,
- shorts ,
- sifting ,
- siftings ,
- sketch ,
- skinnies ,
- stock book ,
- sum ,
- summing-up ,
- sylloge ,
- talkings ,
- tellings ,
- tenor ,
- thank-you ,
- thankyou ,
- tidings ,
- vignette ,
- vitae ,
- weigh in ,
- weigh-in ,
- work history ,
- writeup ,
- written work ,
- written works ,
- yearbook ,
- yearbooks .
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How to use "Summary" in context?
A summary is a short, highly compressed description of a document, article, or idea.
A good summary will highlight the main points of what you are writing about, and do so in a way that is easy for the reader to understand.
At its simplest, a summary should provide the reader with the key points of your document or article.
A summary should also be impartial and objective, and should not contain any biased or promotional content.
When writing a summary, it is important to be concise, logical, and to use clear and easy-to-read language.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
synopsis, summing-up.
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Proper noun, singular
synopsis.
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Noun, plural
Synopses.
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Noun, singular or mass
synopsis, summing-up.
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Adverb
synopsis.
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Verb, past tense
synopsis.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Summaries.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
recapitulation.
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Noun, plural
overview.
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Noun, singular or mass
recapitulation.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
brief, condensed, cursory, overview, perfunctory, sketchy, succinct, terse, summarized, recapitulative, round-up, summarised, summary-level.
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Proper noun, singular
brief, data, overview, summarization, Cities, Histories, Abbreviations, Recommendations, abstracts, overviews, executions, summarized, summarizing, facts, payments, expectations, subjects, tips, decisions, questions, towns, components, councils, remarks, merits, AISS.
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Noun, plural
Suggestions, abstracts, excerpts, resumes, summarized, establishments, amounts, extracts, offices, headlines.
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Noun, singular or mass
arbitrary, brief, data, nutshell, overview, succinct, summarise, summarization, Summing, summarized, round-up.
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Adverb
summarily, summarized.
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Verb, past tense
outlined, raised, Summed, summarized, summarised.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
consolidates, includes, reviews, provides, summarises.
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Verb, base form
overview.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
Syntheses.
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Proper noun, singular
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