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. Thea Lee:

   A summary, to be honest, is almost completely useless. It's a summary, if you're used to reading these trade agreements, the devil is absolutely in the details. You want to know : What are the qualifications ? What are the exceptions ? What's in the actual language ?

2. Liz Throssell:

   We are deeply concerned that, after recent fighting in Benghazi, people taken prisoner by members of the Libyan National Army, which effectively controls eastern Libya, may be at imminent risk of torture and even summary execution, reports have suggested the involvement of Special Forces, a unit aligned with the LNA, in torturing detainees and summarily executing at least 10 captured men.

3. Robbie Abell:

   The questions he was asking were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking. If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion, we are the gatekeeper. Federal investigators say that in the week before he murdered dozens people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nighclub in Orlando, Mateen visited another gun shop, where he purchased a pistol and a.223 SIG Sauer semiautomatic rifle. Authorities are still trying to determine the motives behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Justice Department released the full transcript of Mateen’s 911 call on the night of the massacre Monday. In his 50-second call to police he claimed responsibility for the terror attack and pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s leader. The summary shows that Mateen told negotiators he had a vehicle outside that has some bombs. Just to let you know. You people are gon na get it, and I'm gon na ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. Mateen claimed he had an explosive vest similar to the kind used by terrorists in France, referencing the November terror attack in Paris. In the next few days, you're going to see more of this type of action going on, Mateen said. He also reportedly told hostages that he would put suicide vests on them. No explosives were ever found on Mateen inside the club or in any vehicles outside. Mateen was armed with two guns during the rampage. Despite claims by the administration and law enforcement officials that ISIS did not direct Mateen to carry out the attack, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday used the massacre as an example of why the terror group must be defeated.

4. Chuck Grassley:

   That means more than simply giving the public a brief summary of his view of the facts. It should include the actual evidence so the public can make an educated decision on its own about the judgment and decision-making of all the senior officials involved.

5. Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:

   To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.