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summaries

noun , plural of summary

Synonyms and Antonyms of summaries

a short statement of the main points

many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book

Synonyms of summaries

abstracts, breviaries, briefs, capsules, conspectuses, digests, encapsulations, epitomes, inventories, outlines, précis, recaps, recapitulations, résumés (or resumes), roundups, rundowns, run-throughs, sums, summae, summarizations, summings-up, sum-ups, synopses, wrap-ups

Words Related to summaries

abbreviations, abridgments (or abridgements), compends, compendiums (or compendia), condensations, curtailments, shortenings

simplifications

rehashes, reprises

conclusions, epilogues (also epilogs)

Near Antonyms of summaries

amplifications, enlargements, expansions

addenda (also addendums), supplements

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