BOIL DOWN Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

boil down

verb

as in to summarize

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points

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Recent Examples of boil down What makes a city attractive boils down to factors like affordability, quality of life, and safety. —

Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026 This term so far boils down to broken promises, petty revenge and a base too loyal and dumb to bail on him. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026 Desires boil down to very simple things—to sleep in bed and not in a cold bomb shelter; to wake up calmly and not from a siren of alarm or explosions; to take a warm shower in a warm room and to put clean clothes on. —

Sophia Panych, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026 Instead, the new argument boils down to jurisdiction. —

Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boil down

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Final thoughts If nothing else, Friday’s roundtable summarized the headwinds college sports are confronting and the various self-interests, egos and competing voices that make solutions so hard to come by.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Amazon Connect Health can generate notes from live conversations between doctors and patients; add billing, symptom and procedure codes; and summarize health data from existing medical records.

— Matt Day, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026