keynote

keynote

noun

Definition of KEYNOTE

the central part or aspect of something under consideration <the need for a greater sense of self-reliance is the keynote of his self-help message>

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