summary: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with S · ends with Y
Meaning of summary
adj
Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
Example: A summary review is in the appendix.
Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.
Example: They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.
Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.
Example: The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
Source: Wiktionary — summary.
noun
An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.
Example: I'd forgotten what happened in the first Harry Potter book so I read a summary of the narrative before starting the second one.
Listed forms: summaries.
Source: Wiktionary — summary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for summary.
adjective
performed speedily and without formality
adjective
briefly giving the gist of something
noun
a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
- sum-up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is summary in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of summary
S(1) + U(1) + M(3) + M(3) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of summary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from summary
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