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Nouns (22)

substance

n. the stuff of which an object consists

matter

n. that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"

means

n. considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"

sense, meaning

n. the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

content, message, subject matter

n. what a communication that is about something is about

center, sum, centre, core, essence, heart, inwardness, marrow, kernel, gist, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty

n. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (143)

fabric, cloth, material, textile

n. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

funds, finances, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, cash in hand

n. assets in the form of money

capital, working capital

n. assets available for use in the production of further assets

cash

n. money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"

money

n. the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"

wealth, riches

n. an abundance of material possessions and resources

holding, property, belonging, material possession

n. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";

import, significance, meaning, signification

n. the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

drift, purport

n. the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation"

aim, purpose, intent, intention

n. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"

pattern, design, blueprint

n. something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"

object, aim, objective, target

n. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"

content, mental object

n. the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

matter, issue, subject, topic

n. some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

end, goal

n. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"

object

n. the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"

perception

n. the process of perceiving

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

insight, sixth sense

n. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

sense

n. a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"

wisdom

n. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

lesson, moral

n. the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

point

n. a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

additive

n. something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

scoop, exclusive

n. a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"

inscription, lettering

n. letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

language, words, lyric

n. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

autograph

n. something written by one's own hand

signature

n. your name written in your own handwriting

bulletin

n. a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)

memo, memorandum, memoranda

n. a written proposal or reminder

letter, missive

n. a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

bill, poster, card, notice, placard

n. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

notice

n. an announcement containing information about a future event; "you didn't give me enough notice"

burden, core, essence, effect, gist

n. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

annotation, note, notation

n. a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"

contents, table of contents

n. a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

text, textual matter

n. the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

document, papers, written document

n. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

manuscript, ms

n. the form of a literary work submitted for publication

quotation, quote

n. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

essay, composition, paper, theme, report

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

verse, rhyme

n. a piece of poetry

verse, verse line

n. a line of metrical text

center, centre, eye, heart, middle

n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

fabric, framework

n. the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

crux, crux of the matter

n. the most important point

image, prototype, paradigm, epitome

n. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

shape, embodiment

n. a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"

rule, principle

n. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

rule, principle

n. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"

import, significance, implication

n. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

hint, tip

n. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

keynote

n. a fundamental or central idea

item, point, specific, detail, particular

n. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

soul, soulfulness

n. deep feeling or emotion

aim, purpose, intent, intention

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Antonyms (7)

spirit, purport, intent

n. the intended meaning of a communication

need, indigence, penury, pauperism

n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

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