APERÇU Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

aperçu

noun

Definition of aperçu

as in résumé

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as in impression

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Noun

Leaders say more, faster progress needed A measured summation was offered by Tony Thurmond, the outgoing state superintendent of public instruction.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Unlike many sports, in which the final score is simply a summation of the match and doesn’t tell you anything about how the story progressed, a tennis scoreline tells a narrative.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of summation

Noun

What Zuckerberg hasn’t addressed directly, on the podcast or the earnings call, is whether agents will eat into the ad impressions that generate nearly all of Meta’s revenue today.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Vance left a positive impression on his RJC audience while stopping short of disavowing influential conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson.

— Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of impression

Noun

Charms on a bracelet sold through TikTok Shop, also advertised as sterling silver, contained about 33% cadmium, roughly 3,300 times the limit, according to trade publication JCK’s summary of the report.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Pew Research Center found that users clicked a traditional result on 8% of visits when an AI summary appeared, compared with 15% without one.

— Mark van Berkel, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of summary

Noun

Time is one of Butler’s preoccupations—its fleeting nature, its nonlinear experience, its rubberbanding effect on our perception.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
What readers are saying The conversation explores the contrasting perceptions of two political figures, Marshall and Hamilton, in the context of Kansas politics.

— Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of perception

Noun

The attack on the independence of Stars and Stripes is a powerful recapitulation of earlier moments in American military history, moments which make clear the blind alley down which Hegseth is charging his brigades at full speed.

— Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2026
In this sense, the salt flats and their salty lakes are at once a living record and an ongoing recapitulation of billions of years of planetary history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025

Definition of recapitulation

Noun

That’s life in the SEC, a notion Drinkwitz often reminds his players.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
As performance cars increasingly isolate drivers from the mechanical process of driving, the simple act of reaching for that unique shift knob reinforces the notion that the tactile pleasures of driving are still worth celebrating.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of notion

Noun

That gives you an overview of where your teen's been driving, and also alerts you of issues like a check engine light or fuel running low.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
Tokyo has two other competition sections – Asian Future, focused on emerging Asian directors, and Nippon Cinema Now, which aims to present an overview of the current state of contemporary Japanese film.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of overview

Noun

In an era of parasocial pop stardom, the radical honesty of Cyrus’ approach — her clear-eyed appraisal of the relationship that binds an idol and her audience — was kind of a thrill to behold.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Next, Wealthfront will underwrite the loan and likely complete an appraisal and title search.

— Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of appraisal

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