\Syn*op"tic\, Synoptical \Syn*op"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. synoptique. See {Synopsis}.]
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal
parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical
statement of an argument. ``The synoptic Gospels.'' --Alford.
-- {Syn*op"tic*al*ly}, adv.

\Syn*op"tic\, n.
One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See
{Synoptist}.