Abstract

Adjective

thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances

an abstract idea.

expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed.

theoretical; not applied or practical

abstract science.

difficult to understand; abstruse

abstract speculations.

Fine Arts .

of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., esp. with reference to their relationship to one another.

( often initial capital letter ) pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century.

Noun

a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome.

something that concentrates in itself the essential qualities of anything more extensive or more general, or of several things; essence.

an idea or term considered apart from some material basis or object.

an abstract work of art.

Verb (used with object)

to draw or take away; remove.

to divert or draw away the attention of.

to steal.

to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances

to abstract the notions of time, space, and matter.

to make an abstract of; summarize. ?

Idioms

abstract away from

to omit from consideration.

in the abstract

without reference to a specific object or instance; in theory

beauty in the abstract.

Antonyms

adjective

actual , concrete , factual , material , objective , physical , real

noun

document , manuscript

verb

add , combine , fill , insert , introduce , unite , complete , expand , lengthen , strengthen

Synonyms

adjective

abstruse , complex , deep , hypothetical , ideal , indefinite , intellectual , nonconcrete , philosophical , recondite , transcendent , transcendental , unreal , hypothetic , theoretic , academic , speculative , esoteric , figurative , hermetical , incorporeal , metaphysical , nebulous , nomothetic , stratospherical , supernatural , theoretical

noun

abridgment , brief , compendium , condensation , conspectus , digest , outline , prcis , rsum , summary , synopsis , epitome , abbreviature , abridgement , abstraction , abstrusity , capsulation , compend , immateriality , incorporeality , incorporeity , nebulosity , resume , subsistent , syllabus , transcendentality

verb

detach , disconnect , disengage , dissociate , extract , isolate , part , remove , separate , steal , take out , uncouple , withdraw , abbreviate , abridge , condense , digest , outline , review , shorten , summarize , disassociate , epitomize , go over , recapitulate , run down , run through , sum up , synopsize , wrap up , abstruse , brief , compendium , deduct , deed , detached , divert , elude , esoteric , esse , excerpt , expressionism , ideal , imaginary , obscure , pure , purloin , recondite , summary , theoretical , unreal