Gist

//d͡ʒɪst//

Synonyms for "gist" (205 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Strong matches (62)

Verb(1 words)
condense

Related words (102)

materialmaterial pointmattermatter in handmeaningmeatmediummilestonemostmotifmotivename of the gamenitty grittynubnubbinnucleusnuts and boltsovertonepertinencepith
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pivotpluralitypointpoint at issuepoint in questionpostulatepractical consequenceprincipleproblempurportquestionquidquiddityquintessencerange of meaningreal issuereal meaningrecaprecapitulationreferencereferentrelationrelevanceresumerubricrun throughrun-throughrundownsalient pointsapscopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsenseshortsignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesine qua nonsoulspan of meaningspiritstrengthstructural meaningstuffsubjectsubject mattersubject of thoughtsubstancesubstantive pointsumsum and substancesummarysummationsymbolic meaningtenortextthe bottom linethe nitty-grittythe pointthemethrusttopictotality of associationstransferred meaningturning pointunadorned meaningundertoneupshotvalue

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Translations

64 translations across 31 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • لُبّ noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • съ́щност noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • същина́ noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Catalan

1 entries
  • essència noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 大要 noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • 要旨 noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • 要點 /要点 noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Czech

2 entries
  • jádro noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • podstata noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Danish

1 entries
  • essens c kvintessens noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Dutch

3 entries
  • essentie noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • grote lijnen noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • kerngedachte noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Finnish

3 entries
  • olennainen noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • pääsisältö noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • ydin noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

French

1 entries
  • essentiel noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Galician

3 entries
  • cerna noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • cerne noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • miolo noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Georgian

3 entries
  • არსი noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • დედააზრი noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • დედაარსი noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

German

4 entries
  • Hauptinhalt noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • Hauptpunkt noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • Kern noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • Kernaussage noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Greek

2 entries
  • κεντρική ιδέα noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • ουσία noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עיקר noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सारांश noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • lényeg noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • aðalatriði noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • kjarni noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Italian

3 entries
  • essenza noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • sostanza noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • succo noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 要旨 noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • 要点 noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Korean

1 entries
  • 핵심 noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • срж noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • су́штина noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Māori

2 entries
  • matū noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • ngako noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Polish

1 entries
  • baza noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • essencial noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • essência noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • âmago noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Russian

3 entries
  • смысл noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • су́щность noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • суть noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • brìgh noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Spanish

3 entries
  • esencia noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • meollo noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • quid noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kontenta noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • pudelns kärna noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సారాంశము noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Turkish

3 entries
  • ana fikir noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • öz noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)
  • özet noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mấu chốt noun (main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter — see also crux, essence, pith)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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I got the gist of what he was saying.

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Advanced learners of a language would usually get the gist but not the quirks.

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Tom only got the gist of what Mary was saying.

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In reality, the explanation is a bit more complicated than this, but you get the gist.

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