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meaning - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: meaning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: message, signification
Synonyms: allusion, bearing, bottom line*, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nuance, nuts and bolts*, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth, acceptation, nature of beast, symbolization
Main Entry: meaning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: intention, aim
Synonyms: animus, design, end, goal, idea, intent, interest, object, plan, point, purpose, trend
Main Entry: mean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, convey
Synonyms: adumbrate, allude, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at*, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, add up, allude to, hint at, point to, speak of, tell the meaning of, touch on
Notes: the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series
Main Entry: mean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have in mind; intend
Synonyms: aim, anticipate, aspire, contemplate, design, desire, destine, direct, expect, fate, fit, make, match, plan, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, suit, want, wish, predestine, set out
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Main Entry: meaning
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
meaning, alike, allegorical, allusive, ambiguous, amphibological, amphibolous, anagogical, antonymous, catachrestical, colloquial, correspondent, corresponding, declaratory, delphic, dilogical, equipollent, equivalent, equivocal, exact, explicit, expressive, figurative, full of meaning, hermenutic, homonymous, horrent, identical, intelligible, interchangeable, ironical, jussive, linsey, literatim, lucid, metaphorical, of similar meaning, of the same meaning, parabolic, perspicuous, pithy, pregnant with meaning, same, significant, significative, significatory, similar, suggestive, synonymic, synonymous, tantamount, tralatitious, typical
Main Entry: connotation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: implication
Synonyms: association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone
Antonyms: denotation
Main Entry: contents
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: elements of larger object
Synonyms: capacity, cargo, connotation, details, essence, filling, freight, gist, guts, implication, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, substance, sum, text, volume, chapters, constituents, divisions, furnishing, ingredients, subjects, themes, topics
Main Entry: denotation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explicit meaning
Synonyms: definition, implication, indication, meaning, signification
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
Main Entry: interpretation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: understanding
Synonyms: analysis, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, clarification, comprehension, discernment, explanation, grasp, grip, insight, judgment, knowing, meaning, perception, reading, slant, translation
Main Entry: manifestation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: exhibition, proof
Synonyms: appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, meaning, phenomenon, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token, materialization
Antonyms: concealment, cover, hiding, obscurity, vagueness
Main Entry: moral
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lesson, proverb
Synonyms: adage, aphorism, axiom, dictum, epigram, gnome, maxim, meaning, message, motto, point, precept, rule, saying, sermon, significance, truism, apophthegm, moralism, saw
Main Entry: overtone
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: implication, hint
Synonyms: association, connotation, flavor, inference, innuendo, intimation, meaning, nuance, sense, suggestion, tone, undercurrent, undertone
Main Entry: upshot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end result
Synonyms: aftermath, burden, climax, completion, conclusion, consequence, core, culmination, denouement, development, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, finale, finish, gist, issue, meaning, meat*, outcome, payoff, pith*, purport, result, sense, sequel, substance, termination, thrust, aftereffect
Antonyms: cause, origin, source
Main Entry: connotative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: connoting
Synonyms: meaning, referring, suggesting, hinting, implying
Main Entry: essence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heart, significance
Synonyms: aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and end-all*, being, bottom, bottom line*, burden, caliber, character, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, fiber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, marrow, meaning, meat*, nature, nitty-gritty*, nub, nucleus, pith, point, principle, property, quality, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, chief constituent, essentia, essentiality, lifeblood, main idea, name of game, quiddity, virtuality
Main Entry: plan
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scheme, design, way of doing things
Synonyms: aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture*, contrivance, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking, course of action, ground plan, orderliness
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