Abstract

Noun

 * 1) An abridgement or summary.
 * 2) Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else.
 * 3) An abstraction; an abstract term.
 * 4)  An abstract work of art.
 * 5) That which is abstract.
 * 6)  A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

Adjective

 * 1) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; removed from; apart from; separate; abstracted.
 * 2) Absent in mind.
 * 3) Apart from practice or reality; not concrete; ideal; vague; theoretical; impersonal.
 * 4) Difficult to understand; abstruse.
 * 5)  Free from representational qualities.
 * 6)  General (as opposed to particular).
 * 7)  Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
 * 8)  Extracted.

Verb

 * 1)  To separate; to remove; to take away.
 * 2)  To withdraw.
 * 3)  (euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
 * 4)   To create artistic abstractions of.
 * 5)  To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
 * 6)  To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself.
 * 7)  To draw off (interest or attention).
 * 8)   To extract by means of distillation.
 * 9)  To withdraw oneself; to retire.
 * 10)   To perform the process of abstraction.
 * 11)   To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".

Adverbs for Abstract
academically; infinitely; immeasurably; uncomfortably; abstrusely;-indefinitely;  illusively;   remotely;  undeniably; obscurely; completely; terribly; entirely; sheerly; thoroughly; immaterially; undefinably; immutably;  vaguely; fantastically; chimerically; extravagantly; eternally; evanescently; transcendentally; unverifiably; preternaturally; spiritually; mystically; conceptually; palpably; patently; speculatively; intuitily; ideologically; empirically; occultly; visionarily; doctrinally; hypothetically.

Synonyms for Abstract

 * abridgment, compendium, epitome, synopsis
 * conceptual, theoretical
 * formal
 * abstruse
 * remove, separate, take away, withdraw
 * abridge, epitomize, summarize
 * filch, purloin, steal
 * excerpt, select, discriminate, appropriate, divert, detach, eliminate, distract.

Antonyms for Abstract

 * applied, practical
 * concrete
 * restore, fill up, strengthen, unite, increase, conjoin, complete, combine, add, repair, mend, expand, insert.

Thesaurus
abate; abbreviate; abbreviation; abbreviature; abrade; abrege; abridge; abridgment; abstract idea; abstraction; abstruse; academic; altarpiece; and; annex; apocope; appropriate; arcane; armchair; bag; bate; bland; block print; bob; boil down; boost; borrow; breviary; brief; broad; capsule; capsulize; cast off; cast out; chuck; clear; clear away; clear out; clear the decks; clip; collage; collective; color print; colorless; compend; compress; compression; conceptual; condensation; condense; condensed version; conjectural; conspectus; contract; cop; copy; crib; crop; curtail; curtailment; cut; cut back; cut down; cut off short; cut out; cut short; cyclorama; daub; decrease; deduct; deep; defraud; deport; depreciate; derogate; detached; detract; digest; diminish; diptych; disconnect; disengage; disinterested; disparage; dispassionate; dispose of; dissociate; divide; dock; draft; drain; eat away; eject; elide; eliminate; elision; ellipsis; embezzle; engraving; epitome; epitomize; eradicate; erode; esoteric; essence; exile; expatriate; expel; extort; extract; featureless; filch; file away; foreshorten; foreshortening; fresco; general; generalized; generic; get quit of; get rid of; get shut of; head; hidden; hook; hypothetic; hypothetical; icon; ideal; ideational; illumination; illustration; image; impair; impersonal; impractical; indefinite; indeterminate; intellectual; leach; lessen; lift; likeness; liquidate; make off with; metaphysical; miniature; montage; moot; mosaic; mow; mural; nebulous; neutral; nip; nonspecific; notional; occult; outlaw; outline; overview; palm; pandect; panorama; part; photograph; pick out; picture; pilfer; pinch; poach; poker-faced; poll; pollard; postulatory; precis; print; profound; prune; purge; purify; purloin; reap; recap; recapitulate; recapitulation; recondite; reduce; reduction; refine; remove; representation; reproduction; resume; retrench; retrenchment; review; root out; root up; rub away; rubric; run away with; rustle; scrounge; secret; separate; shave; shear; shoplift; shorten; shortened version; shortening; skeleton; sketch; snare; snatch; snitch; snub; speculative; stained glass window; steal; stencil; still life; strike off; strike out; stunt; subduct; subtract; sum up; summarize; summary; summation; survey; swindle; swipe; syllabus; symbolic; syncope; synopsis; synopsize; tableau; take; take away; take from; take in; tapestry; telescope; telescoping; theoretical; thieve; thin; thin out; throw over; throw overboard; thumbnail sketch; topical outline; transcendent; transcendental; trim; triptych; truncate; truncation; unapplied; uncharacterized; uncouple; undemonstrable; undifferentiated; unpractical; unspecified; utopian; vague; visionary; walk off with; wall painting; wear away; weed; weed out; wide; withdraw

Etymology 1
From abstract:, or from  abstractus:, perfect passive participle of abstraho:, formed from abs-: + traho:.

Etymology 2
From abstractus:, perfect passive participle of abstraho:; also from the adjective.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"{b%str{kt/}}
 * {{enPR|ăb"străkt'}}, {{IPA|/əbˈstrækt/}}, {{SAMPA|/%{b"str{kt/}}

Derived terms

 * abstract of title
 * abstractly
 * abstractness
 * abstract idea
 * abstract noun
 * abstract numbers
 * abstract terms
 * abstractable
 * abstracted
 * abstracter
 * abstractor

Related terms

 * abstraction
 * abstractive
 * abstractum