Synonyms for gist
dʒɪstgist

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.17 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gist

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

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

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Matched Categories

1. • Content
   • Meaning

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gistnoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gistnoun

   Synonyms:
   core, substance, pith, marrow, essence

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "gist":

   essence, spirit

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. GIST

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

How to pronounce gist?

How to say gist in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use gist in a sentence?

1. Sam Therrell:

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

2. Anuj Somany:

   Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend easily its content by seeing merely its cover title and the character of its writer.

3. Sam Therrell:

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

4. 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.

5. Prof.Salam Al Shereida:

   The gist of diplomacy is choosing what not to do.

Images & Illustrations of gist