as in summary
a short statement of the main points
I don't need to know every little plot twist; just give me a synopsis of the movie
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Recent Examples of synopsis
Here’s a simplified synopsis of the duty drawback calculation for a hypothetical U.S. trading company:
Annual Tariffs Paid: $10 million.
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
According to a synopsis, the fourth season begins with the inhabitants of a small village discovering the body of a dead woman hanging from a tree.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
The official synopsis for the season, as per Hulu, reads:
Glamorous singles live in a beautiful villa under the watchful gaze of the audience at home, who have the power to decide who stays and who goes.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
The film’s synopsis reads: A group of troubled teenage boys are kidnapped from their homes and taken deep into the unforgiving Utah desert, where they are forced into a brutal and secretive Wilderness Therapy program.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 June 2025
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
According to a synopsis, the fourth season begins with the inhabitants of a small village discovering the body of a dead woman hanging from a tree.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
The official synopsis for the season, as per Hulu, reads:
Glamorous singles live in a beautiful villa under the watchful gaze of the audience at home, who have the power to decide who stays and who goes.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
The film’s synopsis reads: A group of troubled teenage boys are kidnapped from their homes and taken deep into the unforgiving Utah desert, where they are forced into a brutal and secretive Wilderness Therapy program.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synopsis
summary
Noun
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This pick comes with a concise summary, not a full Long Idea report.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Being confirmed required the ability to read and interpret the Bible and Martin Luther’s Catechism, a summary of the Lutheran Church’s beliefs.—
Thomas A. DuBois,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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“Synopsis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synopsis. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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