Synonyms of summa

summa

noun

ˈsu̇-mə 

as in summary

a short statement of the main points

the director's book is basically a summa of his views on the nature of the theatrical experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expansion
• enlargement
• amplification
• supplement
• addendum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of summa

The stage was set for the Fourth, whose five movements add up to a summa of Bartók’s art, by turns tenaciously labored, sinuously swirling, nocturnally eerie, pizzicato-punchy, and flat-out wild. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024

Alas, Dostoevsky — all of whose major characters clearly embody aspects of his own extremist personality — died in 1881, shortly after completing this summa of his most deeply felt themes and obsessions. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023

The Conservative Sensibility is a kind of summa, a Ce que je crois. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023

The effort to enact these kinds of laws can be seen as the sum and summa of how Republican’s view democracy, which essentially holds that Democratic party electoral victories are inherently illegitimate. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 June 2021

Baldwin Wallace's newest employee is Jeannie Vassanelli, catering and events manager and a 1998 BW summa cum laude graduate. — Plain Dealer Business Staff, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017