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abstractadjective dealing with or expressing a quality or ideathe book deals with abstract matters such as honesty and integrity on the job as well as practical subjects such as asking for a raise conceptual, ideal, ideational, metaphysical, notional, theoretical(also theoretic) conjectural, hypothetical, speculativecosmic(also cosmical), intellectual, mental, spiritualethereal, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, unsubstantialimpalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisibleimpractical, romantic, transcendent, transcendental, unreal, utopian, visionary concrete, nonabstract material, physicalappreciable, detectable, discernible(also discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, perceptible, sensible, substantial, tangible, visibledefined, definite, distinctactual, factual, real using elements of form (as color, line, or texture) with little or no attempt at creating a realistic pictureCubism is a style of abstract art in which natural forms are broken up into geometric shapes nonfigurative, nonobjective, nonrealistic, nonrepresentational expressionist, expressionistic, impressionist, impressionisticsymbolist, symbolistic figurative, naturalistic(also naturalist), nonabstract, objective, realistic, representational lifelike, natural abstractnouna short statement of the main pointsthe scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions breviary, brief, capsule, conspectus, digest, encapsulation, epitome, inventory, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé(or resume also resumé), roundup, run-through, rundown, sum, sum-up, summa, summarization, summary, summing-up, synopsis, wrap-up abbreviation, abridgment(or abridgement), compend, compendium, condensation, curtailment, shorteningsimplification, streamliningrehash, repriseconclusion, epilogue(also epilog) amplification, enlargement, expansionaddendum, supplement a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people avatar, embodier, embodiment, epitome, externalization, genius, icon(also ikon), image, incarnation, incorporation, instantiation, manifestation, objectification, personification, personifier actualization, concretization, exemplification, personalization, realization, substantiationessence, quintessence, soularchetype, exemplar, model, paradigm, patternreincarnation abstractverbto draw the attention or mind to something elsepersonal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work call off, detract, distract, divert, throw off amuse, beguile, entertainstray, wander concentrate, focus to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs boil down, brief, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, reprise, sum up, summarize, synopsize, wrap up abridge, condense, curtail, cut back, shortendownsize, shrinkconcentrate, consolidatedecoct, essentializesimplify, streamline elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protractamplify, elaborate (on or upon), enlarge (on or upon), expand, supplement in the 14th century |