To have or convey a particular idea

• spell

  1. To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word).
  2. To constitute the letters of (a word):
  3. To add up to; signify:

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• signify

  1. To denote; mean:
  2. To be a sign or indication of; suggest or imply:
  3. To make known, as with a sign or word:

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• mean

  1. To be used to convey; denote:
  2. To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
  3. To intend to convey or indicate:

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• intend

  1. To have in mind; plan:
  2. To design for a specific purpose:
  3. To have in mind for a particular use:

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• denote

  1. To mark; indicate:
  2. To serve as a symbol or name for the meaning of; signify:
  3. To signify directly; refer to specifically:

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• connote

  1. To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning:
  2. To have as a related or attendant condition:

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To be of significance or importance

• weigh

  1. To determine the weight of, as with a scale:
  2. To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight. Often used with out:
  3. To balance in the mind in order to make a choice; ponder or evaluate:

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• signify

  1. To denote; mean:
  2. To be a sign or indication of; suggest or imply:
  3. To make known, as with a sign or word:

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• matter

  1. That which occupies space and has mass; physical substance.
  2. A type of such substance:
  3. Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.

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• count

  1. To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number.
  2. To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including:
  3. To include in a reckoning; take account of:

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That which is signified by a word or expression

• value

  1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
  2. Monetary or material worth:
  3. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit:

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• signification

  1. Meaning or significance, especially of a word.
  2. The action or process of signifying:

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• significancy

  1. (dated) significance

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• significance

  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:

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• sense

  1. Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.
  2. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation:
  3. The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.

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• purport

  1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess:
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Intention; purpose:

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• message

  1. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another:
  2. The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed:
  3. A statement made or read before a gathering:

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• meaning

  1. The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase:
  2. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:
  3. An interpreted goal, intent, or end:

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• intent

  1. Something that is intended; an aim or purpose.
  2. The state of mind necessary for an act to constitute a crime.
  3. Firmly fixed; concentrated:

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• denotation

  1. The act of denoting; indication.
  2. Something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes.
  3. Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.

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• connotation

  1. The act or process of connoting.
  2. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing:
  3. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.

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• acceptation

  1. The usual or accepted meaning, as of a word or expression:
  2. Favorable reception; approval.

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The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement

• tenor

  1. The general course or character of something:
  2. The word, phrase, or subject with which the vehicle of a metaphor is identified, as life in
  3. The general meaning; the purport or drift:

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• substance

  1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:

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• purport

  1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess:
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Intention; purpose:

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• drift

  1. To be carried along by currents of air or water:
  2. To proceed or move unhurriedly or aimlessly:
  3. To live or behave without a clear purpose or goal:

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• burden

  1. Something that is carried.
  2. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
  3. A source of great worry or stress; weight:

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• amount

  1. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
  2. A number; a sum.
  3. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.

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The gist of a specific action or situation

• significancy

  1. (dated) significance

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• significance

  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:

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• purport

  1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess:
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Intention; purpose:

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• point

  1. A sharp or tapered end:
  2. An object having a sharp or tapered end:
  3. A tapering extension of land projecting into water; a peninsula, cape, or promontory.

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• meaning

  1. The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase:
  2. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:
  3. An interpreted goal, intent, or end:

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• idea

  1. Something, such as a thought or conception, that is the product of mental activity.
  2. An opinion, conviction, or principle:
  3. A plan, purpose, or goal:

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The quality or state of being important

• weightiness

  1. The quality of being weighty

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• weight

  1. A measure of the heaviness of an object:
  2. The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
  3. A unit measure of gravitational force:

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• significancy

  1. (dated) significance

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• significance

  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:

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• moment

  1. A brief, indefinite interval of time.
  2. A specific point in time, especially the present time:
  3. A point in time that is gratifying or noteworthy:

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• importance

  1. The quality or condition of being important; significance.
  2. Personal status; standing:
  3. Meaning; import.

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• consequence

  1. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition.
  2. A logical conclusion or inference.
  3. Importance in rank or position:

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• concernment

  1. A matter that is of concern.
  2. Reference, relation, or importance.
  3. Anxiety; worry.

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• concern

  1. To have to do with or relate to:
  2. To be of interest or importance to:
  3. To engage the attention of; involve:

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To bring in

• buy abroad

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• freight in

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• truck-in

  1. To have something transported by truck.

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• ferry in

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• transport in

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• carry in

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• ship in

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• introduce

  1. To present (someone) by name to another in order to establish an acquaintance.
  2. To present (a performer, for example) to the public for the first time.
  3. To make preliminary remarks about; preface:

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To signify

• convey

  1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
  2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
  3. To communicate or make known; impart:

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• imply

  1. To express or state indirectly:
  2. To make evident indirectly:
  3. To involve by logical necessity; entail:

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• denote

  1. To mark; indicate:
  2. To serve as a symbol or name for the meaning of; signify:
  3. To signify directly; refer to specifically:

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