adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a synopsis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
synoptic
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adj
Meaning 2
Obtained simultaneously over a wide area, for presenting a comprehensive and nearly instantaneous picture of the state of the atmosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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adj
Meaning 4
Relating to the first three Gospels of the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, and Luke — which are similar in style and content.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 5
One of the Synoptic Gospels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 6
presenting a summary or general view of a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a synoptic presentation of a physical theory
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- synoptic sayings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synoptical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikós, “seeing the whole together or at a glance”), from σύνοψις (súnopsis, “a general view, synopsis”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обзорен (obzoren) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Bulgarian: конспективен (konspektiven) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Catalan: sinòptic — of or relating to a synopsis
- Greek: συνοπτικός (synoptikós) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Greek: περιληπτικός (periliptikós) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Greek: συγκεφαλαιωτικός (sygkefalaiotikós) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Indonesian: sinoptik — of or relating to a synopsis
- Indonesian: sinoptis — of or relating to a synopsis
- Norwegian Bokmål: synoptisk — of or relating to a synopsis
- Norwegian Nynorsk: synoptisk — of or relating to a synopsis
- Portuguese: sinóptico — of or relating to a synopsis
- Portuguese: sinótico — of or relating to a synopsis
- Russian: синопти́ческий (sinoptíčeskij) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Russian: сво́дный (svódnyj) — of or relating to a synopsis
- Bulgarian: синоптичен (sinoptičen) — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Finnish: synoptinen — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Finnish: samanaikainen — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Greek: συνοπτικός (synoptikós) — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Indonesian: sinoptik — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Indonesian: sinoptis — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Kazakh: синоптикалық (sinoptikalyq) — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Norwegian Bokmål: synoptisk — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Norwegian Nynorsk: synoptisk — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Russian: синопти́ческий (sinoptíčeskij) — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Swedish: synoptisk — meteorology: obtained simultaneously over a wide area
- Arabic: إزَائِيّ (ʔizāʔiyy) — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Finnish: synoptinen — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Greek: συνοπτικός (synoptikós) — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Hindi: समदर्शी (samdarśī) — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Indonesian: sinoptik — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Indonesian: sinoptis — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Irish: sionoptach — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Norwegian Bokmål: synoptisk — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: synoptisk — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Russian: синопти́ческий (sinoptíčeskij) — Christianity: pertaining to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
- Hindi: समदर्शी (samdarśī) — of the first three Gospels
- Irish: sionoptach — of the first three Gospels
- Italian: sinottico — of the first three Gospels
- Swedish: synoptisk — of the first three Gospels