accurate, apt, clear, cogent (esp. AmE), excellent, fair, good, useful
Is that a fair summary of the situation?

comprehensive, detailed, full
general, overall
brief, concise, quick, short, succinct
executive
He only reads the executive summary of reports.

crude
financial, statistical
news, plot
Details of new titles, with plot summaries, are included in the catalogue.

make, prepare, publish, write
Could you make a short summary of this article for me?

give (sb), offer, present (sb with), provide (sb with), supply (sb with)
He has provided a useful summary of the main categories.

sheet, table
report, statement

in summary
In summary, his views are out of date.

in a/the summary
She decided not to include this incident in her summary of the day's events.

summary of
What follows is a brief summary of the findings.

in summary form
The information is shown in summary form in the following tables.

Summary is used with these nouns:
dismissal, execution, justice, proceedings, report, statistics, trial