'abstract' definitions:
Definition of 'abstract'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" [ant: concrete]
adjective
Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting" [syn: abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective]
adjective
Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
noun
A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" [syn: abstraction, abstract]
noun
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: outline, synopsis, abstract, precis]
verb
Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
verb
Make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
verb
Consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
verb
Give an abstract (of)
Synonyms of 'abstract'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abbreviate,
- abbreviation,
- abbreviature,
- abrade,
- abrege,
- abridge,
- abridgment,
- abstract idea,
- abstraction,
- abstruse,
- academic,
- altarpiece,
- and,
- annex,
- apocope,
- appropriate,
- arcane,
- armchair,
- bag,
- bate,
- bland,
- block print,
- bob,
- boil down,
- boost,
- borrow,
- breviary,
- brief,
- broad,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clip,
- collage,
- collective,
- color print,
- colorless,
- compend,
- compress,
- compression,
- conceptual,
- condensation,
- condense,
- condensed version,
- conjectural,
- conspectus,
- contract,
- cop,
- copy,
- crib,
- crop,
- curtail,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- cyclorama,
- daub,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deep,
- defraud,
- deport,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detached,
- detract,
- digest,
- diminish,
- diptych,
- disconnect,
- disengage,
- disinterested,
- disparage,
- dispassionate,
- dispose of,
- dissociate,
- divide,
- dock,
- draft,
- drain,
- eat away,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- embezzle,
- engraving,
- epitome,
- epitomize,
- eradicate,
- erode,
- esoteric,
- essence,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- extort,
- extract,
- featureless,
- filch,
- file away,
- foreshorten,
- foreshortening,
- fresco,
- general,
- generalized,
- generic,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- head,
- hidden,
- hook,
- hypothetic,
- hypothetical,
- icon,
- ideal,
- ideational,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- impair,
- impersonal,
- impractical,
- indefinite,
- indeterminate,
- intellectual,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lift,
- likeness,
- liquidate,
- make off with,
- metaphysical,
- miniature,
- montage,
- moot,
- mosaic,
- mow,
- mural,
- nebulous,
- neutral,
- nip,
- nonspecific,
- notional,
- occult,
- outlaw,
- outline,
- overview,
- palm,
- pandect,
- panorama,
- part,
- photograph,
- pick out,
- picture,
- pilfer,
- pinch,
- poach,
- poker-faced,
- poll,
- pollard,
- postulatory,
- precis,
- print,
- profound,
- prune,
- purge,
- purify,
- purloin,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- recapitulation,
- recondite,
- reduce,
- reduction,
- refine,
- remove,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- resume,
- retrench,
- retrenchment,
- review,
- root out,
- root up,
- rub away,
- rubric,
- run away with,
- rustle,
- scrounge,
- secret,
- separate,
- shave,
- shear,
- shoplift,
- shorten,
- shortened version,
- shortening,
- skeleton,
- sketch,
- snare,
- snatch,
- snitch,
- snub,
- speculative,
- stained glass window,
- steal,
- stencil,
- still life,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stunt,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summary,
- summation,
- survey,
- swindle,
- swipe,
- syllabus,
- symbolic,
- syncope,
- synopsis,
- synopsize,
- tableau,
- take,
- take away,
- take from,
- take in,
- tapestry,
- telescope,
- telescoping,
- theoretical,
- thieve,
- thin,
- thin out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- thumbnail sketch,
- topical outline,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- trim,
- triptych,
- truncate,
- truncation,
- unapplied,
- uncharacterized,
- uncouple,
- undemonstrable,
- undifferentiated,
- unpractical,
- unspecified,
- utopian,
- vague,
- visionary,
- walk off with,
- wall painting,
- wear away,
- weed,
- weed out,
- wide,
- withdraw