Synonyms for gist
dʒɪstgist

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 6 votes

1. gist

   Synonyms:
   essence, pith, marrow, substance, kernel, force, main point

   Antonyms:
   surplusage, redundancy, additament, environment, accessories, garb, clothing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. 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, result

2. kernel, 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

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1. gistnoun

   Synonyms:
   essence, pith, marrow, substance, main point

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. gistnoun

   Synonyms:
   core, substance, pith, marrow, essence

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "gist":

   essence, spirit

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. GIST

   Synonyms:
   Gastrointestinal stromal tumour; gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumour, gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumour, GIST tumour, plexosarcoma

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1. Anne Quito:

   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.

2. Sam Therrell:

   The gist of it was that due to her condition, they were restricting visits to her very closest friends, watchman.

3. Don Spencer:

   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.

4. Bobby Jindal:

   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.

5. Sam Therrell:

   The gist of it was that due to Tonja Carter condition, they were restricting visits to Tonja Carter very closest friends.