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Synonyms for gist
dʒɪstgist
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
gist
Synonyms:
essence, pith, marrow, substance, kernel, force, main pointAntonyms:
surplusage, redundancy, additament, environment, accessories, garb, clothing
Princeton's WordNet
effect, essence, burden, core, gistnoun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Synonyms:
substance, loading, perfume, meat, centre, burden, center, consequence, core, marrow, load, sum, impression, event, heart and soul, core group, upshot, effect, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, inwardness, pith, heart, nucleus, onus, essence, magnetic core, outcome, encumbrance, issue, force, incumbrance, resultkernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun
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"
Synonyms:
affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle
Dictionary of English Synonymes
gistnoun
Synonyms:
essence, pith, marrow, substance, main point
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
GIST
Synonyms:
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour; gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumour, gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumour, GIST tumour, plexosarcoma
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#216 | center | |
#315 | total | |
#395 | content | |
#439 | join | |
#604 | issue | |
#611 | result | |
#624 | event | |
#754 | means | |
#824 | centre | |
#870 | amount | |
#889 | heart | |
#1022 | force | |
#1071 | effect | |
#1106 | union | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#2135 | load | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2764 | meaning | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3877 | pump | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4153 | loading | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4518 | mall | |
#4733 | plaza | |
#4829 | outcome | |
#5696 | perfume | |
#6303 | burden | |
#7024 | aggregate | |
#7353 | impression | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#8419 | consequence | |
#12085 | nucleus | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#15988 | affection | |
#16651 | stub | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#27827 | snapper | |
#30236 | summation | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#33888 | totality | |
#37398 | midpoint | |
#44049 | onus | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#56554 | encumbrance | |
#60216 | upshot | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#71898 | centerfield | |
#194780 | philia | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#307964 | nubble | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use gist in a sentence?
The gist of the story was : Maybe we've graduated from so-called' chop-suey fonts,' which originated in the early 19th century right as a pastiche of an unknown land, now we've arrived at a very kind of globalized state. We know each other, we know the Chinese as traditional but also modern, we have a more nuanced view of the world. So perhaps we can retire these fonts. Or maybe we can use them in conjunction with other typefaces.
The gist of it was that due to her condition, they were restricting visits to her very closest friends, watchman.
What we want to clarify in their gist is, they make a statement that a person would be able to carry a firearm on campus or college university, which is grotesquely inaccurate.
The gist of what Mayor Giuliani said -- that the President has shown himself to be completely unable to speak the truth about the nature of the threats from these ISIS terrorists — is true.
The gist of it was that due to Tonja Carter condition, they were restricting visits to Tonja Carter very closest friends.
Translations for gist
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- جوهرArabic
- същност, същина́Bulgarian
- Kernaussage, Kern, Hauptinhalt, Hauptpunkt, WesentlicheGerman
- κεντρική ιδέα, ουσίαGreek
- kernoEsperanto
- esenciaSpanish
- ydinFinnish
- gîte, essentielFrench
- brìghScottish Gaelic
- aðalatriði, kjarniIcelandic
- essenza, sostanzaItalian
- תַמצִיתHebrew
- 要点, 要旨Japanese
- დედაარსი, დედააზრი, არსიGeorgian
- summaLatin
- matūMāori
- kerngedachte, essentieDutch
- âmago, essênciaPortuguese
- суть, смысл, су́щностьRussian
- özet, öz, ana fikirTurkish
- 要旨Chinese
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