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[syn: synoptic, synoptical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synoptic \Syn*op"tic\, Synoptical \Syn*op"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. synoptique. See Synopsis.]
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal
parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical
statement of an argument. "The synoptic Gospels." --Alford.
-- Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synoptic \Syn*op"tic\, n.
One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See
Synoptist.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synoptic
adj 1: presenting a summary or general view of a whole; "a
synoptic presentation of a physical theory"
2: presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially
with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament;
"synoptic sayings" [syn: synoptic, synoptical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "synoptic":
across-the-board, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, blanket, brief,
compact, compendious, complete, comprehensive, concise, curt,
curtal, curtate, decurtate, encyclopedic, global, instantaneous,
little, low, omnibus, over-all, panoramic, short, short and sweet,
succinct, summary, sweeping, total, transient, universal, whole,
without exception, without omission