gist

gist

noun

Definition of GIST

the central part or aspect of something under consideration <didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation>

Synonyms bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum

Related Words course, direction, drift, tenor; body, content, substance; hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis