Popular Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, meaning |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, amount, basis, body, bottom, bottom line, brass tacks, burden, center, core, corpus, crux, drift, effect, essentiality, focus, general meaning, gist, gravamen, guts*, heart, import, innards, kernel, marrow, mass, matter, meat*, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, quintessence, sense, significance, soul, staple, strength, stuff, subject, sum total, tenor, theme, thrust, upshot, virtuality, way of it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
