Defenition of the word gist

• Defenition of the word gist

  • The choicest, most essential or most vital part.
  • the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story"
  • 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"
  • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Synonyms for the word gist

• • burden
  • center
  • core
  • effect
  • essence
  • general idea
  • general picture
  • heart
  • idea
  • inwardness
  • kernel
  • marrow
  • meat
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • pith
  • substance
  • sum

Similar words in the gist

• • gist
  • gist's

Hyponyms for the word gist

• • bare bones
  • haecceity
  • hypostasis
  • quiddity
  • quintessence
  • stuff

Hypernyms for the word gist

• • cognitive content
  • content
  • import
  • meaning
  • mental object
  • significance
  • signification
  • surname

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