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Main Entry:	substance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	entity, element
Synonyms:	actuality, animal, being, body, bulk, core, corpus, fabric, force, hunk, individual, item, mass, material, matter, object, person, phenomenon, reality, something, staple, stuff, texture, thing, concreteness

Main Entry:	substance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	essence, meaning
Synonyms:	amount, basis, body, bottom, bottom line, brass tacks, burden, center, core, corpus, crux, drift, effect, focus, gist, guts, heart, import, innards, kernel, marrow, mass, matter, meat, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts*, pith, point, purport, quintessence, sense, significance, soul, staple, strength, stuff, subject, tenor, theme, thrust, upshot, ABCs, essentiality, general meaning, gravamen, sum total, virtuality, way of it

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Main Entry:	substance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	wealth
Synonyms:	affluence, assets, estate, fortune, means, property, resources, riches, worth
Antonyms:	poverty

Main Entry:	actuality
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something that truly exists, is real
Synonyms:	achievement, attainment, brass tacks, fact, real world, reality, substance, truth, actualization, materiality, materialization, straight stuff, substantiality, what it is

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Main Entry:	circumstances
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	state of affairs in one's life
Synonyms:	assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods

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:	context
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	framework, circumstances
Synonyms:	ambience, background, conditions, connection, frame of reference, lexicon, relation, situation, substance, text, vocabulary

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

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Main Entry:	corpus
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	body of text
Synonyms:	bulk, collection, compilation, core, entirety, mass, oeuvre, staple, substance, whole, complete works, extant works, opera omnia

Main Entry:	crux
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	most important part
Synonyms:	body, bottom line, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat, meat and potatoes*, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, purport, substance, thrust, decisive point
Antonyms:	trivia

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Main Entry:	essential
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	necessity, basic
Synonyms:	ABCs, bottom line, brass tacks, condition, element, essence, fire and ice, fundamental, groceries, guts, heart, meat and potatoes, must, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where one's at
Notes:	the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...)
Antonyms:	accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia

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Main Entry:	funds
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	cash reserve
Synonyms:	affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough, earnings, finance, hard cash, kitty, lucre, means, money, nest egg, nut, petty cash, pork barrel, proceeds, property, resources, revenue, savings, scratch, store, stuff, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal*, accounts receivable, fluid assets, money in the bank, money on hand, possessions, profits, ready money, securities, specie, stakes, winnings
Antonyms:	debt

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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:	individual
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	singular person, thing
Synonyms:	being, body, character, child, creature, dude*, entity, existence, human being, man, material, matter, mortal, number, party, person, personage, self, somebody, something, soul, stuff, substance, type, unit, woman, singleton
Antonyms:	group

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	interior
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	center, core
Synonyms:	belly, bosom, contents, heart, innards, inside, lining, marrow, midst, pith, pulp, soul, substance, viscera, within, heartland, inner parts, internals, intrinsicality
Antonyms:	exterior, outside, exteriority

Main Entry:	kernel
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	seed, essence
Synonyms:	atom, bit, center, core, crux, fruit, germ, gist, grain, heart, hub, keynote, marrow, matter, meat, morsel, nub, nut, part, piece, pith, root, substance, upshot, nubbin

Main Entry:	keynote/keystone
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	essence, theme
Synonyms:	basis, center, core, cornerstone, criterion, crux, gist, heart, idea, kernel, marrow, measure, motive, nub, pith, principle, root, source, spring, standard, substance, basic idea, linchpin, mainspring

Main Entry:	knowledge
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person's understanding; information
Synonyms:	ability, acquaintance, apprehension, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, dirt, discernment, doctrine, dogma, dope, education, enlightenment, erudition, expertise, facts, familiarity, goods, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how, learning, light, lore, observation, philosophy, picture, power, proficiency, recognition, scholarship, science, scoop*, substance, theory, tuition, wisdom, accomplishments, attainments, inside story, principles, schooling
Antonyms:	ignorance

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Main Entry:	marrow
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	heart, essence
Synonyms:	bottom, core, cream, gist, kernel, meat, pith, quick, quintessence, quintessential, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, essentiality, virtuality

Main Entry:	nitty-gritty
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	basic facts
Synonyms:	basics, bottom line, bottom line, brass tacks, core, essence, focus, fundamentals, gist, heart, kernel, meat, meat and potatoes, name of the game, nuts and bolts, nuts and bolts, quintessence, reality, root, soul, substance, chief part, chief thing, cold fact, essential details, essential part, hard fact, heart of the matter, important matter, the facts, the facts, the name of the game

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