Synonyms of syllabi

syllabi

noun

variants or syllabuses

plural of syllabus

as in surveys

a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course

started the first class by going over the syllabus

Related Words

• surveys
• sketches
• outlines
• summaries
• overviews
• summarizations
• résumés
• reviews
• abstracts
• synopses
• précis
• briefs
• recapitulations
• digests
• summations
• tabloids
• aperçus
• recaps
• sums
• capsules
• abbreviations
• condensations
• wrap-ups
• abridgments
• bowdlerizations

Dissimilar Words

• expansions
• elaborations
• enlargements
• amplifications

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of syllabi

Her gift also includes 300 works from her personal art collection, amassed via a combination of trades, gifts, and purchases, as well as her teaching materials and syllabi from her three-decade tenure at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The same habits shape syllabi, theatre histories, catalogues, footnotes—the professional instinct that makes one document serious and another merely interesting. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026

Monuments, syllabi, grant priorities—these are not sacred relics but civic choices. — The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

Professors are censoring themselves in lectures and rewriting syllabuses. — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026

Students also pointed out to the Republic that their class syllabi had strict rules about the use of AI in academic work; Reiner said students can be punished or expelled for it. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 May 2026

This fall, all syllabuses for all classes will be publicly available. — Matt Boedy, AJC.com, 18 May 2026

Department web pages list program outcomes—syllabi often will list the specific learning outcomes. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026

Students often access their syllabi, assignments, tests and grades through Canvas. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026