Gist Synonyms

jĭst
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. essence
  2. substance
  3. core
  4. marrow
  5. meat
  6. significance
  7. nub
  8. pith
  9. bottom line
  10. effect
  11. kernel
  12. meaning
  13. center
  14. centre
  15. point
  16. quintessence
  17. heart
  18. heart-and-soul
  19. inwardness
  20. sum and substance
  21. burden
  22. upshot
  23. sum
  24. nitty-gritty
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The central idea; the essence.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. substance

Words Related to Gist

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. basis
  2. be
  3. summary
  4. crux
  5. general-idea

Gist Sentence Examples

  • This must have been the gist of the special revelation.

  • They sent a copy of their old creed to Babken, and it closely resembles the Adoptianist creed of Archelaus, the gist of which was that Jesus, until his thirtieth year, was a man mortal like other men; then, because he was righteous above all others, he was promoted to the honour and name of Son of God.

  • Hart in The Jewish Quarterly Review for July 1907, the gist of which is that Jesus commends the Pharisees for insisting that when a man has vowed a vow to God he should pay it even though his parents should suffer.

  • The older one contains still a good deal of prose, the gist of it being often repeated in the verses.

  • In reviewing an incident so important in the history of the Transvaal as the appointment of the Potchefstroom assembly it is of interest to note the gist of the complaint among the Boers which led to this revolution in the government of the country as it had previously existed.

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