Abstract

//ˈæbˌstɹækt//

Synonyms for "abstract" (368 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (74)

conceptual abbreviate abridge abridgment abstraction abstruse disengage filch ideal outline pilfer remove steal theoretical abate abbreviation abbreviature abrade abrege absolute

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Verb(4 words)

filch purloin abridge cabbage

Noun(4 words)

synopsis abridgment abstraction compendium

Adjective(1 words)

abstractionist

Adjective(4 words)

abstruse ascriptive attributive conceptual

Strong matches (110)

condense condensed version conjectural conspectus contract cop copy crib crop curtail curtailment cut cut back cut down cut off short cut out cut short cyclorama daub decrease

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Noun(1 words)

epitome

Verb(4 words)

epitomize flog heave hook

Adjective(8 words)

formal general generalized generic ideal imaginary incorporeal intangible

Related words (184)

isolate lack life leach lessen lift likeness liquidate make off with mental metaphysical miniature montage moot mosaic mow mural nebulous neutral nip nonfigurative

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nonspecific notation notional occult outlaw overview palm pandect panorama part philosophical photograph pick out picture pinch poach pocket poker faced poker-faced poll pollard postulatory precis print profound programme prune précis pure purge purify purloin reap recap recapitulate recapitulation recondite reduce reduction refine representation reproduction resume retrench retrenchment review rid romantic root out root up rub away rubric run away with rustle scrounge secret seize selection separate shave shear shoplift shorten shortened version shortening skeleton sketch snare snatch snitch snub speculative stained glass window stencil still life strike off strike out stunt subduct subjective sublime subtract sum up summarize summary summation survey swindle swipe syllabus symbolic syncope synopsis synopsize tableau take take away take from take in tapestry telescope telescoping text thieve thin thin out throw over throw overboard thumbnail sketch topical outline transcendent transcendental trim triptych truncate truncation unapplied uncharacterized uncouple undemonstrable undifferentiated unpractical unspecified utopian vague visionary walk off with wall painting wear away weed weed out wide withdraw

Verb(20 words)

kipe knock off lift mooch nobble pilfer pinch prig rape remove run through separate snarf sneak sniggle steal summarize swipe take away withdraw

Adjective(5 words)

lack-life nonempirical nonspecific representational theoretical

Adjective(2 words)

nonfigurative nonobjective

Noun(4 words)

outline precis sum tl;dr

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

20 entries

concept conception consider construct deal look at reckon regard resume rip rip off see steal sum up sum-up summarise

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Antonyms

3 entries

applied concrete

Synonyms

17 entries

abbreviate abridge abridgment abstraction abstruse conceptual detach disengage filch formal isolate nonfigurative outline pilfer remove seize

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Related terms

4 entries

abstraction abstractive abstractum reify

derived

49 entries

abstract algebra abstract analytic number theory abstract art abstract away from abstract class abstract data type abstract expressionism abstract expressionist abstract factory class abstract factory pattern abstract harmonic analysis abstract idea abstract language abstract method abstract model abstract music

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has context

9 entries

arts capitalized computing dance euphemistic fine arts grammar music real estate

is a

2 entries

painting style summary

manner of

3 entries

consider see sum up

part of

1 entries

patent

related to

37 entries

abridge abridgement absent minded absolute abstract of title abstraction abstractive abstractum abstruse class concentrate concrete consider contemplate distillation epitomize

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similar

16 entries

conceptional conceptual ideal ideational ideologic ideological impalpable intangible nonrepresentational notional theoretical

Translations

415 translations across 57 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

تَجْرِيدِيّ adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
مَعْنَوِيّ adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
مُجَرَّد adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
حاصِل noun (an abridgement or summary)

Armenian

3 entries

աբստրակտ adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
վերացական adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
աբստրահել verb (to consider abstractly)

Asturian

1 entries

astrautu adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

mücərrəd adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Basque

1 entries

abstraktu adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Belarusian

1 entries

абстра́ктны adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Bulgarian

4 entries

абстрактен adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
неразбираем adj (difficult to understand)
отвлечен adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
абстра́кт noun (an abridgement or summary)

Catalan

4 entries

abstracte adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstracte adj (difficult to understand)
abstracte adj (art: free from representational qualities)
abstracció noun (an abstraction)

Chinese

1 entries

抽象 adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

抽象 adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

抽象 adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
摘要 noun (an abridgement or summary)

Czech

4 entries

abstraktní adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
odtažitý adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
shrnutí noun (an abridgement or summary)
výtah noun (an abridgement or summary)

Danish

2 entries

abstrakt noun (an abridgement or summary)
resume noun (an abridgement or summary)

Dutch

4 entries

abstract adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstract adj (difficult to understand)
abstract adj (art: free from representational qualities)
afgezonderd adj (separate)

Esperanto

4 entries

abstrakta adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrakta adj (art: free from representational qualities)
abstraktaĵo noun (that which is abstract)
resumo noun (an abridgement or summary)

Estonian

2 entries

abstraktne adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
kokkuvõte noun (an abridgement or summary)

Finnish

4 entries

abstrakti adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrakti adj (difficult to understand)
abstrakti adj (art: free from representational qualities)
erillinen adj (separate)

French

4 entries

abstrait adj (separate)
abstrait adj (absent in mind)
abstrait adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrait adj (difficult to understand)

Galician

4 entries

abstracto adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstracción noun (an abstraction)
obra abstracta noun (an abstract work of art)
resumo noun (an abridgement or summary)

German

4 entries

abstrakt adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrakt adj (art: free from representational qualities)
Auszug noun (an abridgement or summary)
Zusammenfassung noun (an abridgement or summary)

Greek

4 entries

αφηρημένος adj (absent in mind)
αφηρημένος adj (art: free from representational qualities)
δυσνόητος adj (difficult to understand)
θεωρητικός adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Gujarati

1 entries

અમૂર્ત adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Hindi

4 entries

भाववाचक adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
अमूर्त noun (an abstraction)
अमूर्त noun (an abstract work of art)
अमूर्त noun (that which is abstract)

Hungarian

1 entries

absztrakt adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Icelandic

1 entries

abstrakt adj (art: free from representational qualities)

Indonesian

4 entries

abstrak noun (an abridgement or summary)
abstrak noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
abstrak noun (an abstract work of art)
ikhtisar noun (an abridgement or summary)

Irish

2 entries

achomaireacht noun (an abridgement or summary)
coimriú noun (an abridgement or summary)

Italian

4 entries

astratto adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
astruso adj (difficult to understand)
teorico adj (separate)
teorico adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Japanese

4 entries

抽象的 adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
抽象的 adj (art: free from representational qualities)
抽象的 adj (general as opposed to particular)
抽出 noun (an extract of a vegetable substance)

Kazakh

4 entries

абстрактылы adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
абстрактілі adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
дерексіз adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
реферат noun (an abridgement or summary)

Korean

1 entries

추상적 adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Lao

1 entries

ບົດຄັດຫຍໍ້ noun (an abridgement or summary)

Latvian

4 entries

abstrakts adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
grūti saprotams adj (difficult to understand)
abstrakcija noun (an abstraction)
abstrakts jēdziens noun (an abstraction)

Malay

2 entries

abstrak adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
niskala adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Malayalam

2 entries

അമൂർത്ത adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
അമൂർത്ത adj (art: free from representational qualities)

Marathi

4 entries

अमूर्त noun (an abstraction)
अमूर्त noun (an abstract work of art)
अमूर्त noun (that which is abstract)
गोषवारा noun (an abridgement or summary)

Māori

4 entries

tūrehurehu adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
tūrehurehu adj (art: free from representational qualities)
toi tūrehurehu noun (an abstract work of art)
whakarāpopoto noun (an abridgement or summary)

Northern Sami

1 entries

abstrákta adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

abstrakt adj (separate)
abstrakt adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrakt adj (difficult to understand)
abstrakt adj (art: free from representational qualities)

Persian

3 entries

انتزاعی adj (absent in mind)
انتزاع noun (an abstraction)
انتزاعیدن verb (to consider abstractly)

Polish

4 entries

abstrakcyjny adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrakcyjny adj (difficult to understand)
abstrakcyjny adj (art: free from representational qualities)
abstrakcja noun (an abstraction)

Portuguese

4 entries

abstrato adj (separate)
abstrato adj (absent in mind)
abstrato adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrato adj (art: free from representational qualities)

Quechua

1 entries

llulmiy verb (to separate; to disengage)

Romanian

4 entries

abstract adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstracție noun (an abstraction)
abstracție noun (an abstract work of art)
concentrat noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)

Russian

4 entries

абстра́ктный adj (separate)
абстра́ктный adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
отвлечённый adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
абстра́кция noun (an abstraction)

Sanskrit

1 entries

विषयविविक्त adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

apstràkcija noun (an abstraction)
sažétak noun (an abridgement or summary)
èkstrakt noun (an extract of a vegetable substance)
апстра̀кција noun (an abstraction)

Slovene

2 entries

abstrakten adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstrakten adj (art: free from representational qualities)

Spanish

4 entries

abstracto adj (extracted)
abstracto adj (separate)
abstracto adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
abstracto adj (difficult to understand)

Swahili

1 entries

ikisiri noun (an abridgement or summary)

Swedish

4 entries

abstrakt adj (separate)
abstrakt adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
djupsinnig adj (difficult to understand)
svårfattlig adj (difficult to understand)

Tagalog

1 entries

basal adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Thai

2 entries

นาม adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
บทคัดย่อ noun (an abridgement or summary)

Turkish

3 entries

abstre adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
soyut adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
özetçe noun (an abridgement or summary)

Ukrainian

1 entries

абстра́ктний adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trừu tượng adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַבסטראַקט adj (apart from practice or reality; not concrete)
אַבסטראַהירן verb (to consider abstractly)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.

Source: tatoeba (1933)

The theory is too abstract for me.

Source: tatoeba (43489)

The new theory is too abstract for ordinary people.

Source: tatoeba (46101)

Your explanation is too abstract to me.

Source: tatoeba (70493)

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