Definition of gist
Nouns
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- Type of:
-
import, meaning, significance, signification
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
- Synonyms:
- center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
- Types:
- show 5 types...
- hide 5 types...
-
bare bones
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
-
hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
-
haecceity, quiddity
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
-
quintessence
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
-
stuff
a critically important or characteristic component
- Type of:
-
cognitive content, content, mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Vocabulary Lists for gist
Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" Part 1 »(173 words)
Vocabulary study list for Anne Frank's "Diary of a...
- immigrate
- moodiness
- wangle
- faze
- collapsible