Need another word that means the same as “summarize”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “summarize” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Summarize” are: sum, sum up, summarise, resume, abridge, condense, encapsulate, outline, give an outline of, put in a nutshell, recap, recapitulate, digest, give a summary of, make a summary of, give a synopsis of, synopsize, precis, give a precis of, give a résumé of, give an abstract of, abstract, sketch, give the main points of, give a rundown of, give the gist of, review
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “summarize” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| abridge | Curtail (a right or privilege. The new law might abridge our freedom of expression. |
| abstract | Give an abstract of. Staff who abstract material for an online database. |
| condense | Make (something) denser or more concentrated. The moisture vapour in the air condenses into droplets of water. |
| digest | Understand or assimilate (information) by a period of reflection. I cannot digest milk products. |
| encapsulate | Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule. The company would encapsulate the asbestos waste in concrete pellets. |
| give a precis of | Execute and deliver. |
| give a rundown of | Organize or be responsible for. |
| give a résumé of | Give as a present; make a gift of. |
| give a summary of | Propose. |
| give a synopsis of | Bestow. |
| give an abstract of | Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. |
| give an outline of | Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense. |
| give the gist of | Submit for consideration, judgment, or use. |
| give the main points of | Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody. |
| make a summary of | Add up to. |
| outline | Draw up an outline or sketch for something. Sketch the outline of the book. |
| precis | Make a precis of a text or speech. |
| put in a nutshell | Estimate. |
| recap | State again as a summary recapitulate. Let s recapitulate the main ideas. |
| recapitulate | Summarize and state again the main points of. Let s recapitulate the main ideas. |
| resume | Give a summary (of. Resume an office. |
| review | Hold a review of troops. I reviewed the material before the test. |
| sketch | Make a sketch of. Sketch the building. |
| sum | Be a summary of. The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper. |
| sum up | Be a summary of. |
| summarise | Be a summary of. |
| synopsize | Give a brief summary or general survey of (something. Here s my 5 minute attempt to synopsize the events of the last few weeks. |
| abbreviate | Shorten the duration of; cut short. I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge. |
| abbreviated | Very short. We intended to run an abbreviated event. |
| abbreviation | Shortening something by omitting parts of it. Nursing records must be written without abbreviation. |
| abridge | Lessen, diminish, or curtail. The introduction is abridged from the author s afterword to the novel. |
| begin | Have a beginning characterized in some specified way. The company s Asia tour begins next month. |
| bracket | Enclose a complex expression in brackets to denote that the whole of the expression rather than just a part of it has a particular relation such as multiplication or division to another expression. He is sometimes bracketed with the new wave of film directors. |
| brief | Instruct a barrister by brief. Introductions were brief and polite. |
| briefly | For a short time; fleetingly. Briefly the plot is as follows. |
| concisely | In a concise manner; in a few words. The history is summed up concisely in this book. |
| condensation | Water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it. A readable condensation of the recent literature. |
| contour | Mark a map or diagram with contour lines. A variety of different data sources have been compiled to contour the maps. |
| curtail | Deprive someone of (something. Civil liberties were further curtailed. |
| elision | An omission of a passage in a book, speech, or film. The movie s elisions and distortions have been carefully thought out. |
| ellipsis | A set of dots indicating an ellipsis. It is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent. |
| encapsulate | Enclose (a message or signal) in a set of codes that allow transfer across networks. Encapsulated organs such as the kidneys. |
| expurgate | Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication. |
| outline | Draw up an outline or sketch for something. The chalked outline of a human body. |
| preamble | A preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction. I gave him the bad news without preamble. |
| precis | Make a precis of a text or speech. |
| preliminary | A preliminary round in a sporting competition. A preliminary draft. |
| profile | Represent in profile by drawing or painting. Skilfully made vessels with an S shaped profile. |
| resume | Begin speaking again after a pause or interruption. Resume an office. |
| retrench | Make (an employee) redundant. The company had to retrench. |
| short | Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. Food is in short supply. |
| shorten | Reduce the amount of (sail spread. He shortened his stride. |
| shorthand | A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols used especially for taking dictation The major systems of shorthand currently in use are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and in the US in 1888 by John R Gregg 1867 1948. A shorthand typist. |
| shortly | At a short distance. The new database will shortly be available for consultation. |
| sketch | Make a sketch of. They sketched out the prosecution case. |
| summary | Not including needless details or formalities; brief. Summary justice. |
| transcript | A length of RNA or DNA that has been transcribed respectively from a DNA or RNA template. You can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self addressed envelope to the station. |
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