synopsis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
    precis; outline; abstract.

WordNet

Syn*op"sis noun
Etymology
L., from Gr. with, together + a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.
Wordforms
plural Synopses
Definitions
  1. A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
    That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. Bp. Warburton.
    Syn. -- Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment.

Webster 1913