Gists
/d͡ʒɪsts/
Synonyms for "gists" (221 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (66)
critical pointcruxdenotationdirectiondistillatedistillationdrifteffectelixiressenceessentialessential matterextensionfabricflowerfocusfocus of attentionfocus of interestforcefundamental
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generalitygrammatical meaninggravamengreat pointheadheadinghearthigh pointhypostasisideaimpactimplicationimportimportant thinginner essenceintensionissuekernelkeystonelandmarklexical meaningliteral meaningliving issuemain bodymain ideamain pointmain thingmajor partmajoritymarrowmassmaterialmaterial pointmattermatter in hand
Noun(8 words)
Adjective(2 words)
entire substanceessential idea
Verb(1 words)
identify the main idea
Related words (110)
meaningmeatmediummilestonemostmotifmotivename of the gamenitty grittynubnubbinnucleusnuts and boltsovertonepertinencepithpivotpluralitypointpoint at issue
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point 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
Noun(20 words)
Verb(3 words)