Synoptic Definition

sĭ-nŏptĭk
adjective
Of or constituting a synopsis; presenting a general view or summary.
Webster's New World
Giving an account from the same point of view.
Webster's New World
Relating to or being the first three gospels of the New Testament, which share content, style, and order of events and which differ largely from John.
American Heritage
Presenting or involving data on weather and atmospheric conditions over a wide area at a given time.
A synoptic chart.
Webster's New World

Of, or relating to a synopsis.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun

One of the Synoptic Gospels.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Synoptic

Noun

Singular:
synoptic
Plural:
synoptics

Origin of Synoptic

  • From New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikos, “seeing the whole together or at a glance"), from σύνοψις (sunopsis, “a general view, synopsis"), from σύν (sun, “with") + ὄψις (opsis, “view").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek sunoptikos from sunopsis general view synopsis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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