compendium
Comprehensive subject summary
A compendium is a comprehensive collection or summary of information on a subject, gathered into a single volume or work.
It suggests breadth compressed into convenient form: a compendium of folk remedies, a compendium of Roman law.
The word implies thoroughness—not exhaustive coverage, but enough to serve as a reliable reference.
Comprehensive subject-matter collection
- handbookCompact reference guide
- manualWritten instructions for use
- guidebookReference for travelers
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
thesaurus · lexicon · glossary · atlas · almanac · directory · catalogue · index
Gathered works assembled together
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- assemblageCollected group of things
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- archiveStored historical records
repertoire · treasury · corpus · omnibus · gathering · accumulation · assortment · library
Condensed version of content
- overviewBroad general summary
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- précisConcise summary of text
- outlineSummary of key elements
condensation · abstract · abridgment · epitome · conspectus · breviary · capsule · survey
Formal scholarly composition
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
- tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
encyclopedia
Comprehensive subject-matter collection
dictionary · thesaurus · lexicon · glossary · atlas · almanac · directory · catalogue · index · bibliography
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- assemblageCollected group of things
- aggregationCombined collection of items
archive · repertoire · treasury · corpus · omnibus · gathering · accumulation · assortment · library · repository
synopsis
Condensed version of content
outline · condensation · abstract · abridgment · epitome · conspectus · breviary · capsule · survey · summation
treatise
Formal scholarly composition
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
- tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
magnum opus · scholarly work · annotated edition · critical edition
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- knowledgeknowledge, common knowledge, general knowledge, factual knowledge, prior knowledge
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
compendiumfragments
Incomplete broken pieces
hodgepodge · jumble · scraps · miscellany · loose papers
compendiumextension
Added part or duration
elaboration · expansion · unabridged edition · amplification · tome