| Main Entry: | gravamen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart |
Synonyms: |
basic, bosom, bottom line, center, coal and ice, core, crux, essence, focal point, focus, gist, hub, kernel, marrow, meat, middle, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, polestar, quick*, quintessence, root, seat, soul, spirit, stuff*, substance |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk; central portion |
Synonyms: |
assembly, basis, bed, box, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, frame, fuselage, gist, gravamen, groundwork, hull, main part, majority, mass, material, matter, pith, skeleton, staple, substance, substructure, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole |
Antonyms: |
nothing, nothingness |
| Main Entry: | substance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, meaning |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, amount, basis, body, bottom, bottom line, brass tacks, burden, center, core, corpus, crux, drift, effect, essentiality, focus, general meaning, gist, gravamen, guts*, heart, import, innards, kernel, marrow, mass, matter, meat*, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, quintessence, sense, significance, soul, staple, strength, stuff, subject, sum total, tenor, theme, thrust, upshot, virtuality, way of it |
| Main Entry: | meat and potatoes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fundamental parts |
Synonyms: |
ball game, basis, bottom line, essence, gist, gravamen, guts, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, score, substance |