Synonyms 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 The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted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.

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

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

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

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1. abstractverb

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

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

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1. abstraction, abstractnoun

   a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

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

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

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

2. outline, synopsis, abstract, precisadjective

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

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

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

3. abstractadjective

   existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

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

   Synonyms:
   abstractionist, nonobjective, nonfigurative

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

4. abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjectiveadjective

   not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

   "a large abstract painting"

   Synonyms:
   abstractionist, nonobjective, nonfigurative, abstract

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

5. abstractverb

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

   "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"

   Synonyms:
   abstractionist, nonobjective, nonfigurative

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

6. abstractverb

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

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

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

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

   make off with belongings of others

   Synonyms:
   elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, hook, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, abstract, 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

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

8. abstractverb

   consider apart from a particular case or instance

   "Let's abstract away from this particular example"

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

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

9. abstractverb

   give an abstract (of)

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Concept
   • Consider
   • Steal
   • Summarize

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abstractverb

   Synonyms:
   separate, disunite, disjoin, dissociate, isolate, detach, disengage

2. abstractverb

   Synonyms:
   take, seize, appropriate, steal, purloin

3. abstractverb

   Synonyms:
   abridge, abbreviate, epitomize, make an abstract of

4. abstractadjective

   Synonyms:
   separate, isolated, not concrete

5. abstractadjective

   Synonyms:
   occult, recondite, subtile, refined, abstracted, ABSTRUSE

6. abstractnoun

   Synonyms:
   abridgment, epitome, summary, conspectus, compend, compendium, synopsis, syllabus, outline, digest, brief, breviary, sum and substance, concise statement

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1. abstractnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "abstract":

   summary, abstracto, abbreviated, summarized, abridged, short-form, abstracts, short, memorandum, summaries, résumé, synopsis, compendium, abstraction, abridgement, condensed

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1. Maya Hoole:

   However, the reconstruction of Ava brings a sense of humanity to a story which can often appear as an abstract mass of bones, genes and artefacts. what I think is especially important about our research and our findings is that it demonstrates how much we can learn from existing archaeological material that we already have in our archives and our museums.

2. Joseph Gonzales:

   Museums of causes or museums of ideas can be particularly challenging, they're ideological or they're about abstract concepts, and they're not collection-based.

3. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

4. James Scott:

   In this business, I find more value in working with hackers who abstract new realities from cast aside code and concepts than academics who regurgitate other people’s work and try to pawn it off as their own.

5. 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.