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

So, that’s a summation of something that used to be a fun day.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
This may feel a bit too much of a pat summation, especially with the better song preceding it.

— David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026

Definition of summation

Noun

Some singers need just one name to leave a lasting impression.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
The lobby makes a bold first impression with double-height ceilings, pops of pink and green, statement-making couches, and the sounds of Cuban and Spanish music setting the tone.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of impression

Noun

Everyone is interested in the motive because of the public perception that mothers don’t just kill.

— Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Less quantifiable but just as true in broad perception is the team’s reputation for a lack of physicality — for being soft.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 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

None of these ideas were invented by Instagram or by women alone; the concept of the attention economy dates to the early 1970s, and the notion that no press is bad press has existed since the 19th century.

— Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
What’s most difficult about this is the notion it was never supposed to be this way.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of notion

Noun

One was an overview of the resort revealing its waterfront crystalline castle nestled next to lush greenery and avant-garde attractions.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Forget the silly animal high jinks, the humble slapstick of peekaboo and patty-cake, and the earnest overviews of shapes, colors, and numbers; some of today’s baby books have far loftier ambitions.

— Elise Broach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of overview

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