Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb summarize
2 senses of summarize
Sense 1
sum up, summarize, summarise, resume -- (give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize")
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell -- (to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request")
Sense 2
summarize, summarise, sum, sum up -- (be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper")
=> state, say, tell -- (express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name")