| 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, nature of the beast, nitty gritty, nuts and bolts, pith, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot |
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, bearing, bottom line, construction, drift*, gist*, heart*, implication, intendment, intention, interpretation, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of beast, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score*, sense, significance, significancy, signification, stuff*, thrust, understanding |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, signification |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, 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, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | character, disposition |
Synonyms: |
attributes, being, bottom line, complexion, constitution, description, drift, essence, essentiality, features, heart*, humor, individualism, individuality, like, makeup, meat*, mood, name of game, name of tune, nature of beast, outlook, personality, point, quality, score, stuff, temper, temperament, texture, traits, type |
| Main Entry: | quality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, feature |
Synonyms: |
affection, affirmation, aspect, attribute, character, condition, constitution, description, element, endowment, essence, factor, genius, individuality, kind, make, mark, name of tune, nature, nature of beast, parameter, peculiarity, predication, property, savor, sort, trait, virtue, way of it |
| Main Entry: | sense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point, meaning |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, advantage, bottom line, burden, core, definition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts, punch line, purport, purpose, reason, short, significance, significancy, signification, stuff, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | significance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, bottom line, connotation, drift, force, heart, implication, import, intendment, kicker, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, point, punch line, purport, score, sense, significancy, signification, stuff, understanding |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, meaninglessness, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | trait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
Synonyms: |
affection, attribute, birthmark, cast, character, custom, denominator, feature, habit, idiosyncrasy, lineament, manner, mannerism, mark, nature of the beast, oddity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, savor, thing*, trick, virtue |
| Main Entry: | rationality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sense |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, advantage, bottom line, burden, core, definition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts, punch line, purport, purpose, rationale, rationalness, reason, rhyme or reason, short, significance, significancy, signification, stuff*, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | rationalness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sense |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, advantage, bottom line, burden, core, definition, denotatiton, drift, gist, good, heart, implication, import, intendment, interpretation, logic, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nub, nuts and bolts, punch line, purport, purpose, rationale, rationality, reason, rhyme or reason, short, significance, significancy, signification, stuff*, substance, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |