All apercu synonyms

noun apercu

• abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
• scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
• audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
• analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
• critique — A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
• blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
• picture — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
• account — If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
• copy — If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
• likeness — a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
• description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
• chart — A chart is a diagram, picture, or graph which is intended to make information easier to understand.
• vignette — a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
• depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
• version — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
• illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
• portrayal — the act of portraying.
• piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
• painting — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
• cartoon — A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine.
• rehash — to work up (old material) in a new form.
• recap — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
• prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
• curriculum — A curriculum is all the different courses of study that are taught in a school, college, or university.
• summation — the act or process of summing.
• sketch — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
• abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
• manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
• brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
• summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
• syllabus — an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
• survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
• conspectus — an overall view; survey
• overview — a general outline of a subject or situation; survey or summary.
• handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• digest — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
• compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
• condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
• synopsis — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
• outline — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
• inquiry — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
• thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
• view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.