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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Synopsis \Syn*op"sis\, noun; pl. {Synopses}. [L., from Gr. ?; sy'n with, together + ? a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.] A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. --Bp. Warburton.
Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See {Abridgment}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
synopsis
noun: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory [syn: {outline}, {abstract}, {precis}] [also: {synopses} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "synopsis": abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgement, abridgment, abstract, apercu, apocope, breviary, brief, capsule, compend, compendium, compression, condensation, condensed version, conspectus, curtailment, digest, draft, elision, ellipsis, epitome, epitomization, foreshortening, head, outline, overview, pandect, precis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, resume, retrenchment, review, rubric, shortened version, shortening, skeleton, sketch, summary, summation, survey, syllabus, syncope, telescoping, thumbnail sketch, topical outline, truncation
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