Synopsis

Definition: Synopsis

Synopsis

Noun

1. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "synopsis" was first used: 1611. (references)

Etymology: Synopsis \Syn*op"sis\, noun; plural Synopses. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression sy`n with, together sight, view, from the root seen in English optic.]. (Websters 1913)

Fine Arts

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Synonyms: Synopsis

Arrangement

Digest; synopsis; (compendium); syntagma, table, atlas; file, database; register.; (record); organism, architecture.

Compendium

Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.

List

Contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis.

Crosswords: Synopsis

French (synopsis), Swedish (synopsis).

Books

• Color Atlas and Synopsis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (reference)

• Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: A Synopsis of Laboratory Medicine (reference)

• Oculoplastics: Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology (reference)

• Study Guide and Self-Examination Review for Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry (reference)

• Synopsis of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Chemical Products Synopsis (reference)

• Legislative Synopsis & Digest (reference)

• Synopsis (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Political Economy

Egypt

Brief Synopsis of Political System, Schedule for Elections, and Orientation of Major Political Parties: The Egyptian Constitution provides for a strong President empowered to appoint one or more Vice Presidents, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and Egypt's 26 provincial governors. (references)

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Albanian

përmbledhje (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, budget, compendium, condensation, corpus, Garland, Miscellanea, miscellany, peroration, precis, reader, summary, summing up), maket (decoy, draft, draught, dummy, model), konspekt (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, compendium, conspectus, epitome, note, scheme, sketch, summary, syllabus). (various references)

Arabic 

‏الملخص (abridgement), ‏الموجز (abridgement, summary), ‏المختصر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

резюме (abridgement, abstract, analysis, argument, capsule, conspectus, digest, epitome, memorandum, precis, recap, recapitulation, round up, run down, summary), кратък обзор. (various references)

Chinese 

說明書 , 概要 (Overview, schematic, Synopses). (various references)

Czech

synopse, přehled (cadastre, compendium, digest, outline, statement, summary, survey, table, view). (various references)

Farsi 

مختصر (Compendium, Concise, Epitome, Little, Short, Succinct, Sum, Summary, Terse), مجمل (Abstract, Compendious, Inconclusive, Succinct), خلاصه (Abstract, Compendium, Condensation, Digest, Epitome, Extract, Outline, Resume, Scantling, Schema, Short, Sketch, Sum, Summary, Summation, Upshot), اجمال (Conspectus). (various references)

French

synopsis (synopses). (various references)

German

Zusammenfassung (abstract, combination, concentration, peroration, precis, resume, subsumption, summarization, summary, summing, summing-up, union). (various references)

Greek 

σύνοψη (abridgement, abridgment, breviary, digest, missal, summary, summation), περίληψη (abridgement, abstract, brief, comprisal, digest, docket, inclusion, precis, prospectus, resume, subsumption, summary, syllabus). (various references)

Hebrew 

תמצית (abstract, decoction, digest, epitome, essence, gist, heart, marrow, outline, pith, quintessence, sap, summary, syllabus), תקציר (abstract, brief, gist, resume, summary). (various references)

Hungarian

szinopszis (synopses), összegezés (epitome, summing up, synopses), áttekintés (conspectus, once-over, outline, overview, résumé, review, scope, summary, survey, synopses, traversing). (various references)

Indonesian

ringkasan (compendium, epitome, precis, summary). (various references)

Italian

sinossi. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

解題 (review of subject), 略筆 (outline, simplified form of a kanji), 筋書き (outline, plot), シップエア方式 (chiffon, chignon style, cine mode, cine sign, cinefilm, cinema, cinema complex, CinemaScope, Cinerama, cineraria, cinnamon, citron, city, city air terminal, city boy, city gal, city guide, city hall, city pops, civic, civic center, civic trust, civil minimum, civilian control, civilization, cynic, cynical, cynicism, move into low gear, scenario, scenario writer, senior, severe, shift, shift dress, shift in, shift key, shift out, shift-JIS, ship air system, Sinanthropus pekinensis, sine curve, sinusoide, Sydney, synagogue, synapse, synergy, synonym). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すじがき (outline, plot), かい� い (changing a title, plateau, review of subject, the whole country), りゃくひつ (outline, simplified form of a kanji), シノプシス . (various references)

Korean 

종관 (Synopses). (various references)

Pig Latin

ynopsissay

Portuguese

sumário (abridgement, abstract, brief, briefs, compendium, content, digest, docket, playbill, precis, recess, resume, summery, syllabus), sinopse (conspectus), resumo (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, digest, docket, epitome, excerpt, extract, playbill, precis, resume, summary, summery, syllabus), epítome (epitome, precis). (various references)

Romanian

sinopsis, tabel sinoptic, rezumat (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, brief, capsule, compendium, conclusion, digest, docket, epitome, recapitulation, resume, sketch, summary), punctaj. (various references)

Russian 

конспект (compendium, conspectus, epitome, recapitulation, scheme, summary, syllabus, workbook). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sinopsis. (various references)

Spanish

sinopsis (phrase). (various references)

Swedish

syntes (synthes, syntheses, synthesis), synopsis, sammanfattning (comprehension, epitome, summary, summing up, summing-up, synops). (various references)

Turkish

ilk üç incil, özet (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, compress, condensation, conspectus, digest, epitome, extract, gist, outline, precis, resume, roundup, short, sum, summary, summation). (various references)

Turkmen 

kospekt (r) (abstract, outline 2). (various references)

Ukrainian

синопсис, резюме (abstract, boildown, breviate, brief, capsule, compendium, digest, epitome, recap, recapitulation, resume, summary), лібрето кінофільму. (various references)

synopsis. (various references)

synopsis. (various references)

Misspellings

"Synopsis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lycopsis, sinopsis, snyopsis, sycosis, sylopsis, synapsid, synapsis, synapsys, synipsis, synnopsis, synophis, synopis, synoposis, synops, synopse, synopsys, synposis, synpsis, sysnopsis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: opsins, pyosis, sysops.

-3 letters: noisy, opsin, pions, pisos, pyins, sissy, snips, sonsy, spins, spiny, sysop, yonis.

-4 letters: ions, nips, nosy, pins, piny, pion, piso, piss, pois, pons, pony, posy, psis, pyin, sins, sips, snip, sons, sops, soys, spin, yins, yips, yoni.

-5 letters: ins, ion, nip, nos, ons, ops, pin, pis, poi, psi, sin, sip.

+2 letters: synopsizes.

+3 letters: symphonists.

+4 letters: stenotypists.

+5 letters: gymnosophists, psychogenesis, psychokineses, psychokinesis, spondylitises, streptolysins, sycophantisms.