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summary
Synonyms and Antonyms of summary
- obviously a one-volume encyclopedia can offer only a very summary account of the American Civil War
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail
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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
- many book reports choose to begin with a summary of the book
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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