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summary
Synonyms and Antonyms of summary
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail
Synonym Discussion of summary
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- a concise description
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- a terse reply
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- a succinct letter of resignation
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- an aloof and laconic stranger
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- a summary listing of the year's main events
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- a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners
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- a compendious dictionary
summary
Synonyms and Antonyms of summary
a short statement of the main points
abstract, breviary, brief, capsule, conspectus, digest, encapsulation, epitome, inventory, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé (or resume), roundup, rundown, run-through, sum, summa, summarization, summing-up, sum-up, synopsis, wrap-up
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