Definitions for synopsis

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synopsis syn·op·sis

Spelling: [si-nop-sis]

IPA: /sɪˈnɒp sɪs/

Synopsis is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in synopsis (inopsssy).

Definitions for synopsis

noun

1. a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
2. a compendium of heads or short paragraphs giving a view of the whole.
3. a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc.

Origin of synopsis

1605-15; Late Latin Greek sýnopsis, equivalent to syn- syn- + op- (suppletive stem of horân to see; cf. autopsy) + -sis

Examples for synopsis

According to the synopsis of the WikiLeaks documents by The New York Times, the death toll in 2006 reached beyond 3,000 one month.

See the synopsis of Coligny's speech in La Planche, 247, 248.

Skim a synopsis of a Roth satire and you might think him only riotous, ludicrous and extravagant.

Grunwald offers a synopsis of the book in a Foreign Policy piece.

I purpose to furnish a synopsis of the whole at the end of the work.

Here then I conclude my synopsis of the work of the Fleet in 1915.

With my third book, what was supposed to be the climax (at least, according to the synopsis) arrived on page 100.

Alfred answered the telegram, requesting a synopsis of the article.

He turned to the serial story and began to read the synopsis.

The play is so well known that a synopsis of it is unnecessary.