summary

summary is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.
2. adjective. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
3. adjective. A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
4. noun. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

   "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

5. adjective. briefly giving the gist of something

   "a short and compendious book"

   "a compact style is brief and pithy"

   Synonyms: compact, compendious, succinct

6. adjective. performed speedily and without formality

   "a summary execution"

   "summary justice"

   Synonyms: drumhead

Synonyms

compact, compendious, succinct, drumhead

Common word forms

summaries, summarily

Words from these letters

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