synopsis
noun
1 synopsis
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
synonyms: abstract, outline, precis.
Roget 86:
list,
catalog,
catalogue,
inventory;
register
etc.
(record)
551.
account;
bill,
bill of costs;
terrier;
tally,
listing,
itemization;
atlas;
book,
ledger;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.];
tableau;
invoice,
bill of lading;
prospectus;
bill of fare,
menu,
carte [Fr.];
score,
census,
statistics,
returns.
[list of topics in a document]
contents,
table of contents,
outline;
synopsis.
[written list used as an aid to memory]
checklist.
table,
chart,
database;
index,
inverted file,
word list,
concordance.
dictionary,
lexicon;
vocabulary,
glossary;
thesaurus.
file,
card index,
card file,
rolodex,
address book.
Red book,
Blue book,
Domesday book;
cadastre [Fr.];
directory,
gazetter†.
almanac;
army list,
clergy list,
civil service list,
navy list;
Almanach de Gotha†,
cadaster;
Lloyd's register,
nautical almanac;
who's who;
Guiness's Book of World Records.
roll;
check roll,
checker roll,
bead roll;
muster roll,
muster book;
roster,
panel,
jury list;
cartulary,
diptych.
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Roget 596:
compend,
compendium;
abstract,
precis,
epitome,
multum in parvo [Lat.],
analysis,
pandect†,
digest,
sum and substance,
brief,
abridgment,
summary,
apercu,
draft,
minute,
note;
excerpt;
synopsis,
textbook,
conspectus,
outlines,
syllabus,
contents,
heads,
prospectus.
album;
scrap book,
note book,
memorandum book,
commonplace book;
extracts,
excerpta†,
cuttings;
fugitive pieces,
fugitive writing;
spicilegium†,
flowers,
anthology,
collectanea†,
analecta†;
compilation.
recapitulation,
resume,
review.
abbreviation,
abbreviature†;
contraction;
shortening
etc.
201;
compression
etc.
195.
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Roget 60:
arrangement;
plan
etc.
626;
preparation
etc.
673;
disposal,
disposition;
collocation,
allocation;
distribution;
sorting
etc.
v.;
assortment,
allotment,
apportionment,
taxis,
taxonomy,
syntaxis†,
graduation,
organization;
grouping;
tabulation.
analysis,
classification,
clustering,
division,
digestion.
[Result of arrangement]
digest;
synopsis
etc.
(compendium)
596;
syntagma [Gramm.],
table,
atlas;
file,
database;
register.
etc.
(record)
551;
organism,
architecture.
[Instrument for sorting]
sieve,
riddle,
screen,
sorter.
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Dutch: uittreksel, korte inhoud, abstractie, samenvatting, grondtrek, hoofdlijn
Polish: abstrakt
Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgement, abridgment, abstract, apercu, apocope, breviary, brief, capsule, compend, compendium, compression, condensation, condensed version, conspectus, curtailment, digest, draft, elision, ellipsis, epitome, epitomization, foreshortening, head, outline, overview, pandect, precis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, resume, retrenchment, review, rubric, shortened version, shortening, skeleton, sketch, summary, summation, survey, syllabus, syncope, telescoping, thumbnail sketch, topical outline, truncation ... show more.
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