Antonyms for abstract
æbˈstrækt, ˈæb strækt; ˈæb strækt; æbˈstrækt for 11-14 , ˈæb strækt for 15ab·stract

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1. abstractverb

   The central idea of withdrawing makes abstract in common speech a euphemism for appropriate (unlawfully), purloin, steal. In mental processes we discriminate between objects by distinguishing their differences; we separate some one element from all that does not necessarily belong to it, abstract it, and view it alone. We may separate two ideas, and hold both in mind in comparison or contrast; but when we abstract one of them, we drop the other out of thought. The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted when the attention is divided among different subjects, so that it can not be given properly to any. The trouble with the distracted person is that he is not abstracted. Compare DISCERN.

   Antonyms:
   add, combine, complete, conjoin, fill up, increase, restore, strengthen, unite

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, detach, discriminate, distinguish, distract, divert, eliminate, purloin, remove, separate, steal, take away, withdraw

   Preposition:
   The purse may be abstracted from the pocket; the substance from the accidents; a book into a compend.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abstractverb

   Antonyms:
   add, unite, conjoin, adduce, impose, restore, surrender, return

   Synonyms:
   separate, detach, part, eliminate, draw away, remove, take away, appropriate, purloin, steal, thieve, draw from

Matched Categories

1. • Concept
   • Consider
   • Steal
   • Summarize

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abstraction, abstractnoun

   a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

   "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

   Antonyms:
   objective, applied, concrete, representational, tangible, real

   Synonyms:
   generalisation, abstraction, generalization, abstract entity, outline, synopsis, precis, abstractedness

2. outline, synopsis, abstract, precisadjective

   a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

   Antonyms:
   real, representational, objective, applied, tangible, concrete

   Synonyms:
   lineation, abstraction, scheme, synopsis, precis, schema, outline

3. abstractadjective

   existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

   "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"

   Antonyms:
   objective, applied, real, concrete, representational, tangible

   Synonyms:
   abstractionist, nonobjective, nonfigurative

4. abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjectiveadjective

   not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

   "a large abstract painting"

   Antonyms:
   objective, real, tangible, concrete, representational, applied

   Synonyms:
   abstractionist, nonobjective, nonfigurative

5. abstractverb

   dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

   "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"

   Antonyms:
   representational, objective, tangible, concrete, real, applied

   Synonyms:
   abstractionist, nonobjective, nonfigurative

6. abstractverb

   consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

   Antonyms:
   real, tangible, representational, applied, objective, concrete

   Synonyms:
   nobble, hook, cabbage, pilfer, filch, pinch, purloin, lift, snarf, swipe, sneak

7. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

   make off with belongings of others

   Antonyms:
   representational, tangible, objective, concrete, real, applied

   Synonyms:
   elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, hook, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, kidnap, vellicate, crimp, snarf, lift, con, vacate, defraud, hornswoggle, reverse, pussyfoot, go up, plagiarise, bring up, airlift, raise, rob, plume, revoke, pilfer, accost, overcharge, knock off, sneak, rise, abduct, move up, thieve, addict, crochet, filch, get up, squeeze, gyp, swindle, come up, creep, diddle, pinch, wind, pluck, swipe, solicit, countermand, bunco, twitch, rear, soak, rustle, hoist, short-change, goldbrick, snatch, purloin, scam, tweet, snare, face-lift, fleece, mulct, gip, plagiarize, gazump, surcharge, twinge, rescind, annul, slip, overturn, glom

8. abstractverb

   consider apart from a particular case or instance

   "Let's abstract away from this particular example"

   Antonyms:
   concrete, representational, applied, real, objective, tangible

   Synonyms:
   nobble, hook, cabbage, pilfer, filch, pinch, purloin, lift, snarf, swipe, sneak

9. abstractverb

   give an abstract (of)

   Antonyms:
   objective, tangible, applied, real, concrete, representational

   Synonyms:
   nobble, hook, cabbage, pilfer, filch, pinch, purloin, lift, snarf, swipe, sneak

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1. abstractnoun

   Synonyms:
   summary, epitome, compendium, synopsis, brief, compend

How to use abstract in a sentence?

1. David Hume:

   If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.

2. Peter Hotez:

   It was just open it up and then more or less business as usual, with a little bit of window dressing, this is not an abstract number of cases. Were seeing people pile into intensive care units.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   This is not an abstract exercise, it's as real and as urgent as it gets.

4. Jenny Sammis:

   I have these two gorgeous, smart people who came from this process, these embryos are all like seeds that could become potential people. That reality to me was all abstract when they were in the freezer.

5. Salvador Dalí:

   We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

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