| Main Entry: | subject matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theme |
Synonyms: |
category, contents, focus of attention, subject, subject of thought, text, topic |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, meaning |
Synonyms: |
burden, composition, constitution, gist, idea, matter, significance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thought |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
Synonyms: |
capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject, thesis |
Synonyms: |
argument, context, focus, head, interest, motif, motive, point, purport, resolution, sense, subject matter, substance, text, theme, topic |
| 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: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, essence |
Synonyms: |
argument, bottom line, burden, core, crux, drift, force, gist, head, heart, idea, import, kicker, main idea, marrow, matter, meat*, motif, motive, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, pointer, proposition, punch line, question, score, stuff, subject, subject matter, text, theme, thrust, tip, tip-off, topic |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issue, matter |
Synonyms: |
affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, field of reference, gist, head, idea, item, material, matter at hand, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, principal object, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic |
| Main Entry: | significancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift*, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist*, heart*, hint, implication, import, intent, interpretation, intimation, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, signification, spirit, stuff*, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | signification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
Synonyms: |
acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift*, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist*, heart*, hint, implication, import, intent, interpretation, intimation, meat*, message, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, significancy, spirit, stuff*, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
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
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