Synonyms of keynote

keynote

noun

as in heart

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 & Similar Words

• heart
• core
• essence
• root
• point
• kernel
• gist
• centerpiece
• sum
• crux
• pivot
• meat
• the long and short
• theme
• bottom line
• nucleus
• pith
• the long and the short
• sum and substance
• tenor
• nub
• subject
• course
• bull's-eye
• content
• net
• direction
• thesis
• meat and potatoes
• nubbin
• drift
• substance
• body
• proposition
• hypothesis
• purport