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plural of summary
Synonyms & Antonyms of summaries
a short statement of the main points
- many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book
Synonyms for summaries
- abstracts,
- breviaries,
- briefs,
- capsules,
- conspectuses,
- digests,
- encapsulations,
- epitomes,
- inventories,
- outlines,
- précis,
- recapitulations,
- recaps,
- résumés
- (or resumes also resumés),
- roundups,
- rundowns,
- run-throughs,
- summae,
- summarizations,
- summings-up,
- sums,
- sum-ups,
- synopses,
- wrap-ups
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“Summaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summaries. Accessed 23 Jun. 2021.
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