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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point, meaning |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, advantage, bottom line, burden, core, definition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts, punch line, purport, purpose, reason, short, significance, significancy, signification, stuff, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strength |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, substance |
| Synonyms: | anchor, asset, body, burden, connection, core, gist, guts, in, intestinal fortitude, license, mainstay, meat, pith, purport, security, sense, strong point, succor, upper hand, weight, wire |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, weakness |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issue, matter |
| Synonyms: | affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, field of reference, gist, head, idea, item, material, matter at hand, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, principal object, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substance |
| 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
| Main Entry: | tenor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, intent |
| Synonyms: | aim, body, burden, core, course, course of thought, current, direction, drift, evolution, gist, inclination, meat, mood, path, pith, purport, purpose, run, sense, stuff, substance, tendency, theme, tone, trend, way |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point of communication |
| Synonyms: | burden, core, effect, gist, meaning, meat*, pith, purport, sense, short, substance, upshot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upshot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end result |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, burden, climax, completion, conclusion, consequence, core, culmination, denouement, development, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, finale, finish, gist, issue, meaning, meat*, outcome, payoff, pith, purport, result, sense, sequel, substance, termination, thrust |
| Antonyms: | cause, origin, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | keynote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theme |
| Synonyms: | basic idea, basis, center, core, cornerstone, criterion, crux, essence, gist, heart, idea, kernel, keystone, linchpin, mainspring, marrow, measure, motive, nub, pith, principle, root, source, spring, standard, substance |
| Main Entry: | lion's share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | largest portion |
| Synonyms: | advantage, better part, biggest share, biggest slice of the cake, body, bulk, chief part, gist, main part, mass, meat, most |
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