syllabus

Noun

Meaning

A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

program list course plan bill epitome prospectus review brief scheme calendar programme abstract schedule curriculum
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Antonyms

fact particular increase member feature element
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Hypernyms

information

Related terms

syllable

Derivatives

syllabuses syllabi

Examples

Women's studies needed a syllabus and so invented a canon overnight. It puffed up clunky, mundane contemporary women authors into Oz-like, skywriting dirigibles. Our best women students are being force-fed an appalling diet of cant, drivel and malarkey. Camille Paglia

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me. Kelly Reilly

Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content. Salman Rushdie

I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. Susan Orlean

Religion is not a fractional thing that can be doled out in fixed weekly or daily measures as one among various subjects in the school syllabus. It is the truth of our complete being, the consciousness of our personal relationship with the infinite. Rabindranath Tagore

A curriculum is prescriptive, and is based on a more general syllabus which merely specifies what topics must be understood and to what level to achieve a particular grade or standard. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

syllabled syllabogram syllabub syllectogram syllectometry syllepses