Synonyms of the word

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

capital

• n. (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such…
• n. (uncountable, business, finance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially…
• n. (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the…
• n. (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
• n. (countable) An uppercase letter.
• n. (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
• n. (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
• adj. Of prime importance.
• adj. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
• adj. (comparable, Britain, dated) Excellent.
• adj. Involving punishment by death.
• adj. Uppercase.
• adj. Of or relating to the head.

center

• n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
• n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
• n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates…
• n. A place where some function or activity occurs.
• n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
• n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
• n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the…
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
• n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
• n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
• n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside…
• n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position…
• n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about…
• n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point…
• n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
• adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
• v. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
• v. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway…
• v. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
• v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

communication

• n. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
• n. (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
• n. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
• n. The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
• n. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
• n. A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
• n. (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
• n. (obsolete) Association; company.
• n. Participation in Holy Communion.
• n. (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says…

component

• n. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part…
• adj. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
• adj. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

content

• n. (uncountable) That which is contained.
• n. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
• n. The amount of material contained; contents.
• n. Capacity for holding.
• n. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case…
• adj. Satisfied about a particular circumstance; thus, in a state of satisfaction.
• interj. (archaic) Alright, agreed.
• n. Satisfaction; contentment.
• n. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination.
• n. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
• v. (transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

core

• n. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• n. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
• n. The center or inner part of a space or area.
• n. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
• n. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole…
• n. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
• n. (computing) Magnetic data storage.
• n. (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores…
• n. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
• n. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
• n. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
• n. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
• n. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
• n. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
• n. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
• v. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• v. To extract a sample with a drill.
• n. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
• n. A miner's underground working time or shift.
• n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
• n. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded…

essence

• n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
• n. (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
• n. Constituent substance.
• n. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
• n. A significant feature of something.
• n. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
• n. Fragrance, a perfume.

gist

• n. The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux…
• n. (law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
• n. (obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
• v. To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

heart

• n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of…
• n. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
• n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage,…
• n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
• n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
• n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
• n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
• n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
• n. The centre, essence, or core.
• v. (transitive, poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
• v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce…

idea

• n. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as…
• n. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
• n. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
• n. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
• n. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
• n. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
• n. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
• n. (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.

inwardness

• n. The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
• n. (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
• n. (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity.
• n. (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness.

kernel

• n. The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
• n. The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
• n. A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
• n. (US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
• n. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
• n. (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and…
• n. (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
• n. (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
• n. (mathematics, algebra) Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
• n. (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose…
• n. (slang) The human clitoris.

marrow

• n. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
• n. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
• n. The essence; the best part.
• n. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
• n. (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

matter

• n. Substance, material.
• n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
• n. An approximate amount or extent.
• n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
• n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• n. (dated) Pus.
• v. (intransitive) To be important.
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
• v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

meaning

• n. The symbolic value of something.
• n. The significance of a thing.
• n. (semantics) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
• n. (obsolete) Intention.
• v. present participle of mean.
• adj. Having a (specified) intention.
• adj. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

means

• n. plural of mean.
• n. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
• n. Resources; riches.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean.

meat

• n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
• n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish.
• n. (now archaic) A meal.
• n. (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food.
• n. (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
• n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
• n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
• n. A meathead.
• n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

message

• n. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
• n. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
• v. To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
• v. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
• v. (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
• v. (obsolete) To bear as a message.

nitty-gritty

• n. (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details.

nub

• n. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
• n. A small lump or knob.
• n. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
• n. (slang) The clitoris.
• v. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
• v. To push; to nudge.
• v. To beckon.
• n. (Internet, slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

part

• n. A portion; a component.
• n. Duty; responsibility.
• n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
• n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
• n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
• v. (intransitive) To leave.
• v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
• v. (transitive) To divide in two.
• v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
• v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
• v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
• v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
• v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
• v. To leave; to quit.
• v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
• adj. Fractional; partial.
• adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.

pith

• n. The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
• n. The spongy interior substance of a feather.
• n. The spinal cord; the marrow.
• n. The albedo of a citrus fruit.
• n. (figuratively) The essential or vital part.
• v. (transitive) To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
• v. (transitive) To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

portion

• n. An allocated amount.
• n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
• n. One's fate; lot.
• n. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
• n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
• v. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
• v. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

sum

• n. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
• n. (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily…
• n. A quantity of money.
• n. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
• n. A central idea or point.
• n. The utmost degree.
• n. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
• v. (transitive) To add together.
• v. (transitive) To give a summary of.
• n. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
• n. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
• pron. (African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.

thought

• n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
• n. (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
• n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of think.