summary (n.)
- abbreviation
- abridged
- abridgement
- abridgment
- abstract
- account
- alert
- apocope
- brief
- capitulation
- census
- close
- compact
- compendium
- compression
- condensation
- consolidation
- conspectus
- copy
- core
- count
- crisp
- critique
- curtailment
- cut
- digest
- distillate
- drumhead
- elaboration
- elision
- ellipsis
- encapsulation
- epitome
- essence
- gist
- instant
- inventory
- iteration
- little
- low
- meat
- outline
- pith
- pointed
- precis
- prompt
- quick
- ready
- reaffirmation
- recap
- recapitulation
- recital
- reckoning
- recount
- recounting
- reduction
- rehash
- rehearsal
- reissue
- reiteration
- repertory
- reprint
- restatement
- resume
- retelling
- retrenchment
- review
- roundup
- run-through
- rundown
- short
- shortening
- statement
- substance
- sum
- summation
- swift
- syncope
- synopsis
- tight
- transient
- truncation
summary (adj.)
- abbreviated
- abridged
- abrupt
- abstract
- account
- alert
- apt
- brief
- brusque
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendious
- compressed
- concise
- contracted
- core
- count
- crisp
- curt
- curtal
- cut
- decisive
- drumhead
- elliptic
- epigrammatic
- essence
- expeditious
- gnomic
- immediate
- instant
- instantaneous
- laconic
- little
- low
- peremptory
- perfunctory
- pithy
- pointed
- prompt
- punctual
- quick
- ready
- reserved
- sententious
- short
- shortened
- speedy
- succinct
- swift
- synoptic
- taciturn
- telescoping
- terse
- tight
- transient
- truncated
