Thesaurus results for COMPENDIUM

compendium

noun

kəm-ˈpen-dē-əm

Definition of compendium

as in compilation

a collection of writings a book entirely devoted to poodles—a compendium of writings by breeders, trainers, and others in love with the breed

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Recent Examples of compendium Off Ramp is many things—a useful compendium of research on polarization and political violence, a candid memoir of Cox’s uneven attempts at peacemaking, a practical handbook for Americans who want to rediscover how to live with one another. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 While Hubble can only make out stars in Andromeda that are brighter than our sun, these two surveys still gave Wainer and colleagues a compendium of 200 million stars, covering two-thirds of Andromeda's disk. — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The loss was a compendium of failure, as the Rays struggled in all aspects of play. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026 Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for compendium

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compendium

Noun

Books in the latter space include two Rupi Kaur collections, and a compilation of ghost stories.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Candy Ass also put out the influential 1995 compilation Free to Fight, featuring crucial artists like Heavens to Betsy, Excuse 17, the Spinanes’ Rebecca Gates, and the Third Sex.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

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The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
The show is structured as a horror story anthology for adult puppetry fans, featuring an array of gothic costumes, different puppetry styles and lots of music played by a band of Dreadfuls risen out of the graveyard.

— Benjamin Carr, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026