Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synopsis \Syn*op"sis\, n.; 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}.

Source : WordNet®

synopsis
     n : a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or
         theory [syn: {outline}, {abstract}, {precis}]
     [also: {synopses} (pl)]