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gist

noun

1 gist

The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.

synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence.

2 gist

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience:
— The gist of the prosecutor's argument.

synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat ... show more.

Roget 642: importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness.    import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest.    greatness etc. ... show more

Roget 5: intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion; subjectiveness; ego; egohood; essence, noumenon; essentialness etc. adj.; essential part, quintessence, ... show more

Roget 516: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.    ... show more

Dutch: bijzonderheid, kerngedachte, essentialia, essentie, grond, hoofdpunt, hoofdzaak, hypostase, kern, kernpunt ... show more
Polish: istota, esencja, sedno, jÄ…dro, meritum, kwintesencja


Moby thesaurus: affective meaning, axiom, basis, bearing, bench mark, best part, better part, body, bulk, burden, cardinal point, case, center, chapter, chief thing, climax, coloring, concern, connotation, consequence ... show more.

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