Synonyms of the word

abstraction

• n. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken…
• n. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
• n. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics;…
• n. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the…
• n. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
• n. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
• n. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational…
• n. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
• n. An idea of an unrealistic or visionary nature.
• n. The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the results of said process.
• n. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so,…
• n. (computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality…
• n. (computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.

absorption

• n. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as.
• n. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
• n. Mental assimilation.
• n. (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced…

abstract

• n. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
• n. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
• n. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
• n. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
• n. (art) An abstract work of art.
• n. (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of…
• adj. (obsolete) Derived; extracted.
• adj. (now rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
• adj. Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.
• adj. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general,…
• adj. Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
• adj. (archaic) Absent-minded.
• adj. (art) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships…
• adj. Insufficiently factual.
• adj. Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
• adj. (grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
• adj. (computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than…
• v. (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
• v. (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
• v. (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
• v. (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically;…
• v. (intransitive, reflexive, literally figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
• v. (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
• v. (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
• v. (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used…

abstractedness

• n. The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

concept

• n. abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
• n. understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic,…
• n. (programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their…

conception

• n. The act of conceiving.
• n. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
• n. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
• n. The start of pregnancy.
• n. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
• n. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation…
• n. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

construct

• n. Something constructed from parts.
• n. A concept or model.
• n. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or…
• v. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
• v. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
• v. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric…

engrossment

• n. (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
• n. (countable) The fact or instance of writing in a legal document.

generalisation

• n. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
• n. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

generalization

• n. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
• n. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

painting

• v. present participle of paint.
• n. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
• n. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
• n. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

picture

• n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
• n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• n. A painting.
• n. A photograph.
• n. (informal) A motion picture.
• n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• n. An attractive sight.
• n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
• n. A figure; a model.
• n. Situation.
• v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
• v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
• v. (transitive) To depict.

preoccupancy

• n. The act or right of taking possession before another.

preoccupation

• n. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
• n. The act of occupying something before someone else.

remotion

• n. (zoology, chiefly entomology) Backward motion. (Contrast promotion.).
• n. (especially logic, largely obsolete) Removal.

removal

• n. The process of moving, or the fact of being removed.
• n. The relocation of a business etc.
• n. The dismissal of someone from office.
• n. (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from…

theorisation

• n. (countable) Something theorised; a theory.
• n. (uncountable) The development of something beyond its obvious and practical scope.

theorization

• n. Alternative form of theorisation.