Thesaurus:gist

Thesaurus

gist

English

Noun

Sense: the most significant and essential part of something

Synonyms

• bowels
• brass tacks
• core
• crux
• deets (slang)
• details
• essence    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gist
• guts
• gravamen
• heart
• heart and soul
• heartstring (archaic)
• heartstrings (archaic)
• inwardness (obsolete)
• kernel
• marrow
• meat    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nitty-gritty
• nub
• nuts and bolts (idiomatic)
• pith (figurative)
• punctum saliens
• quintessence
• soul
• spirit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stuff
• substance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tenor

See also

• Thesaurus:essence

Further reading

• “5. intrinsicality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “gist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.