'Synopsis' definitions:
Definition of 'synopsis'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Synopsis'
From: GCIDE
- Synopsis \Syn*op"sis\, n.; pl. Synopses. [L., from Gr. ?; sy`n with, together + ? a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.] A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. [1913 Webster]
- That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment. [1913 Webster] Synoptic
Synonyms of 'synopsis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abbreviature,
- abrege,
- abridgement,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- apercu,
- apocope,
- breviary,
- brief,
- capsule,
- compend,
- compendium,
- compression,
- condensation,
- condensed version,
- conspectus,
- curtailment,
- digest,
- draft,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- epitome,
- epitomization,
- foreshortening,
- head,
- outline,
- overview,
- pandect,
- precis,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reduction,
- resume,
- retrenchment,
- review,
- rubric,
- shortened version,
- shortening,
- skeleton,
- sketch,
- summary,
- summation,
- survey,
- syllabus,
- syncope,
- telescoping,
- thumbnail sketch,
- topical outline,
- truncation