Synonyms of summing-up

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noun

ˌsə-miŋ-ˈəp 

as in summary

a short statement of the main points

there's no time to get into all the details, so could you give me a quick summing-up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expansion
• enlargement
• amplification
• supplement
• addendum

summing up

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verb

present participle of sum up

as in summarizing

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)

in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summarizing
• outlining
• wrapping up
• boiling down
• briefing
• digesting
• cutting back
• encapsulating
• recapping
• consolidating
• recapitulating
• abstracting
• reprising
• epitomizing
• condensing
• synopsizing
• shortening
• curtailing
• abridging
• downsizing
• shrinking
• simplifying
• streamlining
• concentrating
• decocting
• essentializing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• prolonging
• enlarging (on or upon)
• elaborating (on or upon)
• expanding
• supplementing
• elongating
• protracting
• amplifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of summing-up

Noun

Directed by Rebecca Miller, wife of occasional Scorsese collaborator Daniel Day-Lewis, the series is a worthy summing-up of one of the great careers in cinematic history. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025

Not every documentarian’s first-person contributions enrich the proceedings, but here the quest hits all the right notes, and the gathering of voices feels like a place to begin rather than a mere summing-up. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025

Maurice Drake, the judge in his trial, also presided over the Bridgewater case, in which he was accused of misdirecting the jury with a biased summing-up. — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024

What’s fascinating about it is that it’s explicitly offered as a summing-up statement from Godard to the world. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2024

Verb

One man, summing up the shock, anger and frustration for everyone, stared straight ahead and at one in particular, gathering up whatever air was left in his lungs and yelled one more f-bomb for good measure. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Beautiful words—really summing up what her whole career is about. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Schwartz addressed this challenge by summing up their plight in an opening credits song. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

That was the gist of my story (here) summing up the day, with quotes from Preller and others. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026

An easy way of summing up what the judge had to say is that this was never a legitimate case. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Then, summing up what seemed to be the vibe of the patio. — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 26 May 2026

No title cards summing up Moulin’s noble deeds greet us at the end; there is no misty coda. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

Perhaps summing up her Survivor experience to a T, Wendy Jo got lost walking out of Tribal Council after having her torch snuffed. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026