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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, aim, approximation, belief, brainstorm*, clue, concept, conception, conclusion, conviction, design, doctrine, end, essence, estimate, fancy, feeling, flash*, form, guess, hint, hypothesis, import, impression, inkling, intention, interpretation, intimation, judgment, meaning, notion, object, objective, opinion, pattern, perception, plan, point, purport, purpose, reason, scheme, sense, significance, solution, suggestion, suspicion, teaching, theory, thought, understanding, view, viewpoint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | significancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, significance, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weight, weightiness |
* = 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
| Main Entry: | intent/intention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, animus, bottom line, conation, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, intendment, meaning, meat*, name of the game, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, target, understanding, volition, will, wish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | message |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, idea |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, import, intendment, moral, point, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, theme, understanding |
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intendment, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot |
| Main Entry: | sense |
| 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: | significance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, bottom line, connotation, drift, force, heart, implication, import, intendment, kicker, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score, sense, significancy, signification, stuff, understanding |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, meaninglessness, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understanding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, conception, conclusion, estimation, idea, import, impression, inkling, intendment, interpretation, judgment, knowledge, meaning, message, notion, opinion, perception, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, sympathy, view, viewpoint |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, mistake |
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