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
- drift
- guts
- gravamen
- heart
- heart and soul
- heartstring (archaic)
- heartstrings (archaic)
- inwardness (obsolete)
- kernel
- marrow
- meat [⇒ thesaurus]
- moral of the story (idiomatic)
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nuts and bolts (idiomatic)
- pith (figurative)
- punctum saliens
- quintessence
- soul
- spirit [⇒ thesaurus]
- stuff
- substance [⇒ thesaurus]
- tenor
See also
Further reading
- “5. intrinsicality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “gist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.