Meanings
plural synopses
- communicationsA brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
The following Synopsis is intended as a monograph of those species of the order hitherto discovered…
1869, Edward Drinker Cope, Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America. Part I.2 more examples
In the following synopsis of the history of the United States the principal events are briefly mentioned…
1914, Chandler B. Beach, Frank Morton McMurry (eds.), The New Student’s Reference WorkA Synopsis, on the other hand, should be short enough and general enough so that a person who has not yet begun to study the language can follow it…
1971, Earl W. Stevick, Adapting and Writing Language Lessons/Appendix MSynonyms: abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary
- ChristianityA prayer book for use by the laity of the church.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσύνοψις
- Late Latinsynopsis
- Englishsynopsis
From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.
More words from Late Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sinopsis
- sinopsisbrief summary
Ancient Greek σύνοψις
- σύνοψις (súnopsis)brief summary
Arabic مُلَخَّص
- مُلَخَّص (mulaḵḵaṣ)brief summary
Bulgarian обзо́р, резюме́
- обзо́р (obzór)brief summary
- резюме́ (rezjumé)brief summary
Catalan sinopsi
- sinopsibrief summary
Chinese Mandarin 概要, 提要
- 概要 (gàiyào)brief summary
- 提要 (tíyào)brief summary
- 摘要 (zhāiyào)brief summary
Czech přehled, synopse
- přehledbrief summary
- synopsebrief summary
Danish synopse, synopsis
- synopsebrief summary
- synopsisbrief summary
Dutch samenvatting, synopsis
- samenvattingbrief summary
- synopsisbrief summary
Esperanto resumo, sinoptiko
- resumobrief summary
- sinoptikobrief summary
Estonian kokkuvõte
- kokkuvõtebrief summary
Finnish tiivistelmä, yhteenveto
- tiivistelmäbrief summary
- yhteenvetobrief summary
- synopsisbrief summary
French abrégé, précis
- abrégébrief summary
- précisbrief summary
- résumébrief summary
German Synopse, Übersicht
- Synopsebrief summary
- Übersichtbrief summary
- Zusammenfassungbrief summary
Greek σύνοψη, περίληψη
- σύνοψη (sýnopsi)brief summary
- περίληψη (perílipsi)brief summary
Hebrew תַּקְצִיר
- תַּקְצִיר (taktsír)brief summary
Hindi सार
- सार (sār)brief summary
Hungarian összefoglalás, összegzés
- összefoglalásbrief summary
- összegzésbrief summary
- áttekintésbrief summary
- összefoglalóbrief summary
Indonesian sinopsis, sari kata
- sinopsisbrief summary
- sari katabrief summary
Irish achoimre, achoimriú
- achoimrebrief summary
- achoimriúbrief summary
Italian sinossi
- sinossibrief summary
Japanese 大意, 梗概
- 大意 (taii)brief summary
- 梗概 (kōgai)brief summary
- 概要 (gaiyō)brief summary
- あらすじ (arasuji)brief summary
Korean 대위, 경개
- 대위 (daewi)brief summary
- 경개 (gyeonggae)brief summary
- 개요 (gaeyo)brief summary
Māori whakarāpopoto
- whakarāpopotobrief summary
Polish streszczenie
- streszczeniebrief summary
Portuguese resumo, sinopse
- resumobrief summary
- sinopsebrief summary
Romanian sinopsis
- sinopsisbrief summary
Russian кра́ткое описа́ние, кра́ткий обзо́р
- кра́ткое описа́ние (krátkoje opisánije)brief summary
- кра́ткий обзо́р (krátkij obzór)brief summary
- сино́псис (sinópsis)brief summary
- конспе́кт (konspékt)brief summary
- обозре́ние (obozrénije)brief summary
- резюме́ (rezjumɛ́)brief summary
Scottish Gaelic giorrachadh
- giorrachadhbrief summary
Slovak prehľad, synopsa
- prehľadbrief summary
- synopsabrief summary
Spanish resumen, sumario
- resumenbrief summary
- sumariobrief summary
- sinopsisbrief summary
Swedish sammanfattning, synopsis
- sammanfattningbrief summary
- synopsisbrief summary
- sammandragbrief summary
Turkish özet
- özetbrief summary
Ukrainian о́гляд, резюме́
- о́гляд (óhljad)brief summary
- резюме́ (rezjumé)brief summary
- сино́псис (synópsys)brief summary
Vietnamese tóm tắt
- tóm tắtbrief summary
Welsh crynodeb
- crynodebbrief summary
Cite this entry
synopsis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synopsis
“synopsis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synopsis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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