What's The Definition Of Gist?
[n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
[n] the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gist: burden |
center |
core |
core |
effect |
essence |
essence |
heart |
heart and soul |
inwardness |
kernel |
marrow |
meat |
nitty-gritty |
nub |
pith |
substance |
sum
Related Terms | Find terms related to Gist: affective meaning |
axiom |
basis |
bearing |
bench mark |
best part |
better part |
body |
bulk |
burden |
cardinal point |
case |
center |
chapter |
chief thing |
climax |
coloring |
concern |
connotation |
consequence |
core |
cornerstone |
crisis |
critical point |
crux |
denotation |
direction |
distillate |
distillation |
drift |
effect |
elixir |
essence |
essential |
essential matter |
extension |
fabric |
flower |
focus |
focus of attention |
focus of interest |
force |
fundamental |
generality |
grammatical meaning |
gravamen |
great point |
head |
heading |
heart |
high point |
hypostasis |
idea |
impact |
implication |
import |
important thing |
inner essence |
intension |
issue |
kernel |
keystone |
landmark |
lexical meaning |
literal meaning |
living issue |
main body |
main idea |
main point |
main thing |
major part |
majority |
marrow |
mass |
material |
material point |
matter |
matter in hand |
meaning |
meat |
medium |
milestone |
most |
motif |
motive |
nub |
nucleus |
nuts and bolts |
overtone |
pertinence |
pith |
pivot |
plurality |
point |
point at issue |
point in question |
postulate |
practical consequence |
principle |
problem |
purport |
question |
quid |
quiddity |
quintessence |
range of meaning |
real issue |
real meaning |
recap |
recapitulation |
reference |
referent |
relation |
relevance |
resume |
rubric |
rundown |
run-through |
salient point |
sap |
scope |
semantic cluster |
semantic field |
sense |
short |
significance |
signification |
significatum |
signifie |
sine qua non |
soul |
span of meaning |
spirit |
structural meaning |
stuff |
subject |
subject matter |
subject of thought |
substance |
substantive point |
sum |
sum and substance |
summary |
summation |
symbolic meaning |
tenor |
text |
the bottom line |
the nitty-gritty |
the point |
theme |
thrust |
topic |
totality of associations |
transferred meaning |
turning point |
unadorned meaning |
undertone |
upshot |
value
See Also | cognitive content |
content |
haecceity |
hypostasis |
import |
meaning |
mental object |
quiddity |
quintessence |
significance |
signification |
stuff
Gist In Webster's Dictionary
\Gist\, n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. g[^i]te, fr.
g['e]sir to lie, L. jac?re, prop., to be thrown, hence, to
lie, fr. jac?re to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist,
F. g[^i]t, 3d pers. sing. ind. of g['e]sir to lie, used in a
proverb, F., c'est l[`a] que g[^i]t le li[`e]vre, it is there
that the hare lies, i. e., that is the point, the difficulty.
See {Jet} a shooting forth, and cf. {Agist}, {Joist}, n.,
{Gest} a stage in traveling.]
1. A resting place. [Obs.]
These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary
resting and baiting places. --Holland.
2. The main point, as of a question; the point on which an
action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a
question.
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