| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intendment, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot |
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, mean |
Synonyms: |
allege, betoken, claim, convey, declare, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, intend, maintain, point to, pose as, pretend, proclaim, profess, signify, suggest |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whole effect |
Synonyms: |
body, burden, core, full value, import, matter, purport, result, sense, significance, substance, thrust, upshot, value |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch |
| 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, main idea, mass, meat and potatoes, meat*, middle, midpoint, midst, nitty gritty, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot |
Antonyms: |
covering, exterior, exteriority, outside, perimeter, surface |
| Main Entry: | crux |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | most important part |
Synonyms: |
body, bottom line, core, decisive point, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat and potatoes, meat*, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, purport, substance, thrust |
Antonyms: |
trivia |
| Main Entry: | design |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention |
Synonyms: |
action, aim, angle, animus, big picture, brainchild, child*, conation, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, game plan, gimmick, goal, intendment, intrigue, lay of the land, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, picture, pitch, plan, play, plot, point, project, proposition, purport, purpose, recipe, reflection, scenario, scene, schema, scheme, setup, story, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, what's cooking, will |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, significance of communication |
Synonyms: |
aim, design, direction, end, gist, implication, import, intention, object, progress, progression, purport, scope, significance, tendency, tenor |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impact, impression |
Synonyms: |
action, clout, drift, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, enforcement, essence, execution, fact, force, implementation, import, imprint, influence, mark, meaning, power, purport, purpose, reality, sense, significance, strength, tenor, use, validity, vigor, weight |
| 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 |