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import - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
| Synonyms: | bearing, bottom line*, construction, drift*, gist*, heart*, implication, intention, interpretation, meat*, message, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, point, punch line*, purport, score*, sense, significance, stuff*, thrust, understanding, acceptation, intendment, nature of beast, significancy, signification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, object, objective, pith, purpose, stress, substance, value, worth, momentousness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest, hint at |
| Notes: | denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply |
| Antonyms: | denote |
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midst, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot, main idea, midpoint, nitty gritty |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, outside, perimeter, surface, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify, add up, hang sign on, put down for, put finger on |
| Main Entry: | gist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, essence |
| Synonyms: | basis, bearing, bottom line*, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel*, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, pith*, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot*, nature of the beast, nitty gritty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something understood, planned, or |
| Synonyms: | 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, purpose, reason, scheme, sense, significance, solution, suggestion, suspicion, teaching, theory, thought, understanding, view, viewpoint, believed abstraction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate, mean |
| Synonyms: | betoken, connote, denote, designate, entail, evidence, hint, import, include, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mention, presuppose, refer, signify, suggest, give a hint, point to |
| Antonyms: | define, explicate, express, state |
| Main Entry: | indicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, display |
| Synonyms: | add up to, announce, argue, attest, augur, bespeak, betoken, card, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, evidence, evince, express, finger, hint, illustrate, imply, import, intimate, make, manifest, mark, mean, name, peg*, pinpoint*, point out, prove, read, record, register, reveal, show, sign, signal, slot, specify, suggest, symbolize, tab, tag, testify, witness, be symptomatic, button down, pin down, point to |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, mislead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; determine |
| Synonyms: | aim, appoint, attempt, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, import, indicate, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, signify, spell, strive, think, try, add up, aspire to, be determined, be resolved, figure on, have in mind, hope to, look forward, set apart, set aside |
| Main Entry: | intent/intention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose |
| Synonyms: | animus, bottom line*, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, meaning, meat*, name of the game*, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts*, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, target, understanding, volition, will, wish, acceptation, conation, intendment, significancy, signification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw in; interrupt |
| Synonyms: | add, fill in, implant, import, include, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, insert, insinuate, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, intrude, splice, force in, intercalate, parenthesize, put in, squeeze in |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of consequence, importance |
| Synonyms: | affect, carry weight, count, express, imply, import, involve, mean, signify, value, weigh, be important, be of value, be substantive, cut ice, have influence, make a difference, mean something |
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
| Synonyms: | aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, acceptation, intendment, significancy, signification |
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, mean |
| Synonyms: | allege, betoken, claim, convey, declare, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, intend, maintain, pretend, proclaim, profess, signify, suggest, point to, pose as |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel*, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, ride, schlepp*, shoulder, take, transfer, transport, truck, usher, piggyback, take along, tote |
| Antonyms: | drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport physical object |
| Synonyms: | backpack*, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, hoist, import, lift, lug*, move, pack, pipe, relay, remove, schlepp*, shift, shoulder*, sustain, take, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft, heft, portage, relocate, tote, traject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, put, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word, make known, pop off*, put across, put into words |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, moment, point, precedence, preponderance, priority, purport, sense, seriousness, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, concernment, materiality, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, preponderancy, relevance, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | consequence, degree, eminence, grandeur, greatness, import, mark, moment, note, pith, significance, weight, momentousness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
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