Synonyms of recapitulation

recapitulation

noun

ˌrē-kə-ˌpi-chə-ˈlā-shən 

as in summary

a short statement of the main points

will begin his presentation with a recapitulation of the research done on the disease up to this point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summary
• outline
• summarization
• summing-up
• précis
• recap
• brief
• synopsis
• summa
• sum-up
• rundown
• conspectus
• encapsulation
• inventory
• résumé
• roundup
• digest
• run-through
• sum
• abstract
• breviary
• capsule
• wrap-up
• compendium
• epitome
• abridgment
• reprise
• condensation
• curtailment
• shortening
• simplification
• abbreviation
• rehash
• compend
• streamlining
• epilogue
• conclusion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expansion
• enlargement
• amplification
• supplement
• addendum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recapitulation

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, 3 Oct. 2025

The Word for World Is Forest envisions space exploration as a recapitulation of earlier colonial conflicts. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025

The dullard cousin of the repetition family is redundancy, that almost onomatopoeic term for needless recapitulation. — Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025

As the Barber’s first movement rounds the corner into the recapitulation section, the soloist has a few precious seconds to breathe as the orchestra sings out the main tune. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024