Synonyms for summarize
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To prepare a summary of (something).
Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.
Related words
- Word family
- summarizable summarization summarizer
- Other spellings
- summarise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- summarized
e.g. summarized → recapitulated, summed, recapped, briefed…
Example sentences
- recap Make sure you recap what we've just talked about.
- recapitulate Please recapitulate the most important points.
- brief It was a long letter, but in brief, he said, "No."
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| summarize | steady | |
| recap | rising | |
| recapitulate | falling | |
| brief | steady | |
| precis | falling | |
| synopsize | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sum1
- 5 letters
- brief1, recap2
- 6 letters
- resume2, precis2
- 8 letters
- abstract2, compress2
- 9 letters
- synopsize, synopsise
- 12 letters
- recapitulate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recap2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- résumer
- Italiano
- riassumere