Word "GIST" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Synonyms:
burden, core, effect, essence

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Synonyms:
center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
Examples:
the gist of the prosecutor's argument

Crossword Clues for GIST

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Main idea Newsday 17 Aug 2025
Main point The Telegraph Mini 15 Aug 2025
Magistrate's inner meaning (4)
The main point of listening is taking in (4)
Point of a speech, etc. (4)
Heart of the matter Eugene Sheffer 10 Jul 2025
Main idea New York Times 08 Jul 2025
Substance of a speech Commuter 01 Jul 2025
Main point The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Jun 2025
Abstract of tax all over India (4)
Essence Newsday 23 May 2025
Main point The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 May 2025
Essence Eugene Sheffer 06 May 2025
Essence (of idea?) (4) The Guardian Quick 02 May 2025
Crux LA Times Daily 02 May 2025
Heart New York Times 27 Apr 2025
Main point Newsday 27 Apr 2025
Main point of the soldier on the street (4)
Main idea Universal 05 Apr 2025
Main idea Newsday 26 Mar 2025
Point LA Times Daily 23 Mar 2025
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 21 Mar 2025
Gee! It's about that main point
Drift is, a soldier has a way with him (4)
The drift (4)
Heart of the matter Eugene Sheffer 24 Feb 2025
Main point is way after enlisted one (4)
Good first general idea (4)
Essence Eugene Sheffer 28 Dec 2024
General idea USA Today 26 Dec 2024
The essential point about Joe being on the street (4)
Joe, by the way, is the tenor (4)
Essence The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Dec 2024
Main idea Thomas Joseph 06 Dec 2024
Psychologist finally has the theme (4)
It's off key to start with, is the drift (4)
General idea; American trooper on street? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Nov 2024
Heart of the matter LA Times Daily 28 Oct 2024
Heart of the matter
General meaning, main point (4)
General idea Universal 05 Oct 2024
Heart of the matter New York Times 04 Oct 2024
Just misreported perhaps the essence of the story?
Essence USA Today Quick 02 Oct 2024
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 28 Sep 2024
General idea Newsday 22 Sep 2024
Main point Mirror Tea Time 21 Sep 2024
Drift could be great around island (4)
The amount of registered meaning (4)
Speech substance USA Today Quick 26 Aug 2024
Point LA Times Daily 17 Aug 2024
Point to "get" New York Times 04 Aug 2024
General idea USA Today 24 Jul 2024
Main point Puzzler Backwords 23 Jul 2024
Core message (rhymes with "mist")
Heart of the matter The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 08 Jul 2024
Heart of the matter Eugene Sheffer 26 Jun 2024
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 24 Jun 2024
Heart of the matter LA Times Mini 24 Jun 2024
Essence Eugene Sheffer 19 Jun 2024
Main idea Thomas Joseph 06 Jun 2024
The main point of registration (4)
Gain site at intervals in essence (4)
Main point USA Today 05 May 2024
Basic meaning Commuter 27 Apr 2024
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 20 Apr 2024
Main point of the matter
"I get the " ("That generally makes sense")
"I get the ___" ("That generally makes sense") USA Today 08 Apr 2024
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 06 Apr 2024
What a summary provides
Main point New York Times 25 Mar 2024
Crux LA Times Daily 20 Mar 2024
Main point (anagram of TIGS)
The essence of the matter is ___ good leader is tip-top (4)
Main idea in negotiating is trade (4)
The essence of the matter is - good leader is tip-top (4)
Substance found in morning is troublesome
Essence of matter
Heart of the matter Family Time 25 Feb 2024
Essence of subject
Heart of the matter Universal 16 Feb 2024
Essence New York Times 15 Feb 2024
Basic idea Wall Street Journal 07 Feb 2024
"Get the ___?" ("Understand?") USA Today 01 Feb 2024
The central idea, (4)
Basic idea TV 07 Jan 2024
Main idea USA Today 21 Dec 2023
Essence Newsday 15 Dec 2023
Substance is held between ends of gadget The Times Quick Cryptic 12 Dec 2023
Essential part of the register (4) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Dec 2023
Message, in a nutshell?
Get the ___ of something (understand the main point)
Crux (4) Puzzler 07 Nov 2023
Basic idea Wall Street Journal 23 Oct 2023
Central point LA Times Daily 02 Oct 2023
Essence Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2023
Central idea Premier Sunday 27 Aug 2023
General idea The Times Concise 14 Aug 2023
Heart of the matter LA Times Daily 03 Jul 2023
General idea USA Today 24 Jun 2023
General idea New York Times 30 May 2023
Heart of the matter Universal 23 Apr 2023
Main idea LA Times Daily 20 Apr 2023
General idea New York Times 26 Mar 2023
General idea Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2023
Basic point Universal 02 Feb 2023
Meat of the matter New York Times 23 Jan 2023
Heart of the matter Eugene Sheffer 30 Dec 2022
General idea USA Today 28 Oct 2022
Main idea Premier Sunday 09 Oct 2022
Heart of the matter New York Times 26 Sep 2022
General meaning Wall Street Journal 03 Sep 2022
General meaning of the matter
Crux of the matter New York Times 16 Aug 2022
Main idea USA Today 29 Mar 2022
Essence Universal 16 Mar 2022
Kernel Newsday 19 Feb 2022
Main point of government — it's complex The Guardian Cryptic 01 Feb 2022
Main point of government — it's complex
General meaning Irish Times Simplex 28 Jan 2022
Main point The Washington Post 24 Jan 2022
Main point LA Times Daily 24 Jan 2022
General meaning New York Times 20 Jan 2022
Essence Eugene Sheffer 04 Jan 2022
Basic idea USA Today 26 Dec 2021
Meat New York Times 10 Dec 2021
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 25 Nov 2021
Heart of the matter Eugene Sheffer 06 Nov 2021
Essence LA Times Daily 04 Nov 2021
Basic point New York Times 17 Oct 2021
Matter concealed by magistrate
Main point USA Today 11 Oct 2021
The crux of marrying is trust
Essence Canadiana 20 Sep 2021
Main point Universal 13 Sep 2021
Substance, general meaning The Times Concise 26 Aug 2021
Main idea USA Today 16 Aug 2021
Core, or meat Universal 11 Aug 2021
Matter concealed by magistrate
Basic idea USA Today 08 Aug 2021
Substance Newsday 24 Jul 2021
Essence Newsday 17 Jul 2021
Main idea Newsday 07 Jul 2021
Heart of the matter Eugene Sheffer 05 May 2021
Basic idea Premier Sunday 02 May 2021
Main point, essence The Guardian Speedy 28 Mar 2021
Heart New York Times 23 Feb 2021
Crux Universal 09 Feb 2021
Core message
Nub; real point of a legal action The Guardian Speedy 31 Jan 2021
Basic idea New York Times 17 Dec 2020
Good initial main point The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Dec 2020
Troops abroad finally intercept import
Nub, essence The Guardian Speedy 15 Nov 2020
Basic idea The Washington Post Sunday 08 Nov 2020
Central idea Jonesin 03 Nov 2020
Main point Newsday 03 Nov 2020
General idea Wall Street Journal 08 Sep 2020
Essence Wall Street Journal 29 Aug 2020
Point, when American soldier's on the way
Essential point, as of an important matter Family Time 24 Aug 2020
Essence Universal 26 Jul 2020
Essence LA Times Daily 10 Jun 2020
Essence The Washington Post 10 Jun 2020
Heart of the matter Newsday 18 May 2020
Central meaning of a theme Family Time 17 May 2020
Basic idea USA Today 31 Mar 2020
General sense of characters caught up in short-sightedness Irish Times Crosaire 21 Mar 2020
Heart of the matter The Washington Post Sunday 15 Mar 2020
Central point Newsday 12 Mar 2020
General idea Universal 27 Feb 2020
Basic idea Thomas Joseph 18 Feb 2020
Basic idea Wall Street Journal 04 Feb 2020
Burden of testing periodically brought up
Main idea Newsday 23 Dec 2019
Basic idea Newsday 12 Sep 2019
Good first point
Drift Wall Street Journal 08 Aug 2019
Heart of the matter USA Today 23 Jun 2019
The way to follow soldier's point
Central theme Wall Street Journal 18 May 2019
Main point Universal 16 May 2019
Heart of the matter
Basic point New York Times 30 Apr 2019
Crux or general idea
Kernel Wall Street Journal 13 Apr 2019
Main point in briefing is transparency The Sun Two Speed 15 Mar 2019
Essence The Sun Two Speed 15 Mar 2019
Crux Newsday 14 Feb 2019
General meaning Irish Times Simplex 11 Feb 2019
Substance or general idea Irish Times Simplex 05 Feb 2019
Essence
Central theme
Drift
Kernel
Basic point
Main point
Basic idea
Heart of the matter
Main point LA Times Daily 31 Dec 2018
Main point The Washington Post 31 Dec 2018
Main idea Thomas Joseph 24 Dec 2018
General meaning Universal 06 Dec 2018
General meaning or main point Irish Times Simplex 12 Nov 2018
Main idea USA Today 29 Sep 2018
Core message
Purposeful drift Newsday 11 Aug 2018
General idea New York Times 07 Aug 2018
Summary, as of a debate
Kernel of a concept Newsday 13 May 2018
Heart of the matter
Main point USA Today 03 May 2018
Central idea USA Today 01 May 2018
Main idea The Washington Post 25 Apr 2018
Essence New York Times 25 Apr 2018
Main idea LA Times Daily 25 Apr 2018
Central point Family Time 01 Apr 2018
General sense that a lot of people studying science end with!
Main point Family Time 26 Mar 2018
Central theme USA Today 15 Mar 2018
Essence; meaning The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2018
Main idea Wall Street Journal 13 Feb 2018
Essence
Central meaning Universal 01 Jan 2018
Main point
Main idea
Central idea
Basic idea
Essence
General meaning
Central meaning
Main idea
Main point
General idea
Drift New York Times 31 Dec 2017
The main point of logistics?
Essential point USA Today 20 Sep 2017
Crux or core Universal 19 Sep 2017
Essence The Telegraph Quick 26 Jul 2017
Main point of an idea New York Times 19 Jun 2017
Essence ... and, read differently, a hint to six puzzle answers LA Times Daily 09 Jun 2017
Essence ... and, read differently, a hint to six puzzle answers The Washington Post 09 Jun 2017
Essence (of the story)
Heart of the matter The Washington Post 17 May 2017
Heart of the matter LA Times Daily 17 May 2017
Basic concept New York Times 22 Mar 2017
Pith, essence The Times Concise 10 Mar 2017
Essential part Wall Street Journal 13 Jan 2017
Essential point
Basic concept
Drift
Main point of an idea
Crux or core
Heart of the matter
Essence ... and, read differently, a hint to six puzzle answers
Essence
General meaning Newsday 29 Dec 2016
Point made by soldier meeting saint
Meat provided by Americans serving tea, we hear The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Nov 2016
Essence Canadiana 14 Nov 2016
General meaning The Telegraph Quick 05 Oct 2016
Meat New York Times 29 Sep 2016
Very heart Newsday 19 Aug 2016
Central idea The Times Concise 17 Jul 2016
General picture The Chronicle of Higher Education 13 May 2016
Kernel LA Times Daily 06 May 2016
Main points The Guardian Speedy 01 May 2016
Real point or substance The Times Concise 29 Apr 2016
Thrust New York Times 06 Apr 2016
Main point Premier Sunday 31 Jan 2016
General picture
Kernel
Meat
Essential part The Washington Post 17 Dec 2015
Meat LA Times Daily 16 Dec 2015
Heart of the matter for George I? Irish Times Crosaire 12 Dec 2015
Main point New York Times 28 Oct 2015
Substance got from sulphur fool's ingested
Crux New York Times 14 Apr 2015
Essential part Eugene Sheffer 17 Jan 2015
Basic point Universal 06 Jan 2015
Main idea
Crux
Heart
Main point
Nub
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Basic point
Main element
Essential part
Main point
Main point
Kernel
Meat
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Heart of the matter
Main message
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Basic idea
Basic idea
Essence
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Sense
Heart and soul
Basic idea
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Essence
Central meaning
Heart of the matter
Meat
You'll get it from CliffsNotes
Central part of an argument
Nitty-gritty
Most important point
Essential meaning
Basic idea
Central idea
Point
Central point
Main point
Essence
Essential meaning
Main meaning
Crux
Basic idea
Nub
Main takeaway
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Key element
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Kernel
Long and short of it
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CliffsNotes content
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Heart
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Core
Crux
Nitty-gritty
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Main point
Most vital part of some idea
Heart of the matter
Point
Heart
Point
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Core
Quiddity
Crux
Substance
General meaning
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Summary
Nub
Central idea
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Pith
Purport
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Nuts and bolts
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