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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, essence |
| Synonyms: | basis, bearing, bottom line, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty gritty, nuts and bolts, pith, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part of written work |
| Synonyms: | argument, burden, core, discourse, dissertation, evidence, exposition, gist, heart, material, meat, pith, sense, substance, text, thesis, treatise, upshot |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle point |
| Synonyms: | axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream*, marrow, middle of the road, midpoint, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, place, polestar, quick, radial point, root, seat |
| Antonyms: | border, boundary, edge, exterior, exteriority, margin, outside, outskirts, periphery, rim, surroundings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, meaning |
| Synonyms: | burden, composition, constitution, gist, idea, matter, significance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thought |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
| Main Entry: | crux |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | most important part |
| Synonyms: | body, bottom line, core, decisive point, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, purport, substance, thrust |
| Antonyms: | trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, significance of communication |
| Synonyms: | aim, design, direction, end, gist, implication, import, intention, object, progress, progression, purport, scope, significance, tendency, tenor |
| Main Entry: | heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, central part |
| Synonyms: | basic, bosom, bottom line, center, coal and ice, core, crux, focal point, focus, gist, hub, kernel, marrow, middle, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, polestar, quick*, quintessence, root, seat, soul |
| Antonyms: | exterior, exteriority, outside, periphery, surface |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, bearing, bottom line, construction, drift*, gist*, heart*, implication, intendment, intention, interpretation, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of beast, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score*, sense, significance, significancy, signification, stuff*, thrust, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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