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abstract

/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
noun

  1. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

  2. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

  3. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.

Synonymsabridgment, compendium, epitome, synopsis
verb

  1. To separate; to disengage.

  2. To remove; to take away; withdraw.

  3. To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

Synonymsabridge, epitomize, summarize, filch, purloin, steal
adjective

  1. Derived; extracted.

  2. Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.

  3. Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

    Similar: conceptual, ideal, imaginary, incorporeal, intangible

Synonymsabstruse, ascriptive, attributive, conceptual, ideal, imaginary
Antonymsactual, concrete, corporeal, empirical, applied, practical

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