100 Best Synonyms for “To Sum Up”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	abridge	shorten without losing essentials
2.	all in all	considering everything
3.	basically	in the simplest terms
4.	boil down	reduce to essentials
5.	boil it all down	reduce everything to essentials
6.	boil matters down	reduce matters to essentials
7.	briefly	in a few words
8.	bring it together	combine the main points
9.	bring to a close	end formally
10.	capsulize	put into brief form
11.	close	bring to an end
12.	compress	make more concise
13.	conclude	bring to an end briefly
14.	condense	make shorter and clearer
15.	cover briefly	deal with shortly
16.	cut down	reduce in length
17.	cut to the gist	go to the main point
18.	digest	reduce to concise form
19.	distill	extract the essentials
20.	draw to a close	come toward an end
21.	encapsulate	express compactly
22.	epitomize	express the essence briefly
23.	essentially	in the main
24.	finish	come to an end
25.	gather it up	collect the main points
26.	gather together	bring into one summary
27.	get to the point	state the main point
28.	give the essentials	state key points only
29.	give the gist	state the main idea
30.	hit the highlights	cover the main points
31.	in a nutshell	in very few words
32.	in brief	in few words
33.	in conclusion	as a final statement
34.	in essence	at the core
35.	in plain terms	using simple language
36.	in short	briefly stated
37.	in summary	in a short statement
38.	lastly	as a final summary point
39.	make a précis	create a concise summary
40.	narrow down	reduce to the essentials
41.	nutshell it	state very briefly
42.	on balance	considering everything overall
43.	outline	state the main features
44.	overall	considering everything together
45.	package	present in compact form
46.	paraphrase	restate in simpler words
47.	pare down	cut to essentials
48.	phrase briefly	word it shortly
49.	précis	a concise summary
50.	pull it together	gather the main points
51.	pull together	assemble the essentials
52.	put briefly	express in few words
53.	put shortly	say in few words
54.	put simply	say in simple terms
55.	recap	go over the main points
56.	recapitulate	go over the main points
57.	reduce	make less extensive
58.	render briefly	express in few words
59.	rephrase briefly	say again more briefly
60.	restate	say again differently
61.	round off	finish neatly
62.	round up	bring to a concise close
63.	say briefly	express in few words
64.	say concisely	express compactly
65.	shorten	make less long
66.	simply put	said in simple words
67.	sketch	give a brief account
68.	state briefly	say in a short way
69.	state concisely	say using few words
70.	sum	state briefly
71.	summarize	state the main points briefly
72.	synopsize	give a brief summary
73.	tie it together	connect the main points
74.	tie together	connect into one whole
75.	to boil it down	to reduce to essentials
76.	to bring it together	to combine main points
77.	to cap it off	to finish it
78.	to close	to bring to an end
79.	to conclude	to finish with a summary
80.	to gather it up	to collect main points
81.	to pull it together	to gather main points
82.	to put it briefly	to say it shortly
83.	to put it shortly	to say briefly
84.	to put it simply	to say simply
85.	to recap	to review briefly
86.	to restate briefly	to say again briefly
87.	to round off	to finish neatly
88.	to say briefly	to express shortly
89.	to say it briefly	to say shortly
90.	to state briefly	to say shortly
91.	to state concisely	to say with few words
92.	to summarize	to state briefly
93.	to tie it together	to connect main points
94.	to wind up	to come to a close
95.	to wrap up	to bring to a close
96.	ultimately	in the end
97.	upshot	the final essential point
98.	wind up	come to a close
99.	word briefly	phrase in few words
100.	wrap up	bring to a close