Main idea

Synonyms for main idea
noun indispensable content

core
profit
essence
reality
crux
income
basis

conclusion
determination
fiber
fundamentals
last word
loss
meat and potatoes

name of the game
net
nitty-gritty
nuts and bolts
point
final decision
key point

main point
main thing
sum and substance
whole story
what it’s all about

Synonyms
noun center, gist

body
heart
substance
foundation
importance
essence
basis
focus
crux
nucleus

thrust
bottom line
root
origin
pivot
kernel
meat
purport
bulk
quick

midpoint
upshot
staple
middle
pith
amount
base
mass
burden
significance

consequence
import
corpus
nub
midst
meat and potatoes
nitty gritty

Antonyms

exterior
outside
source
insignificance

covering
perimeter
surface
exteriority

cause
unimportance

Synonyms
noun heart, significance

core
substance
nature
root
basis
character
soul
element
crux
meaning
principle
aspect
bottom line
reality

quality
spirit
structure
kernel
point
nitty-gritty
attribute
entity
caliber
nub
timber
constitution
bottom
germ

being
essentiality
life
fiber
form
fundamentals
backbone
base
nucleus
burden
marrow
quintessence
vein
meat

pith
stuff
grain
property
be-all and end-all
lifeblood
quiddity
chief constituent
essentia
name of game
virtuality

Antonyms

abstract
exterior

outside
top

exteriority

Synonyms
noun meaning, essence

question
idea
topic
matter
theme
score
subject
heart
force
nitty-gritty

text
argument
motive
proposition
motif
nub
pointer
tip
import
tip-off

core
head
gist
drift
crux
kicker
burden
thrust
marrow
meat

pith
stuff
bottom line
name of the game
nuts and bolts
punch line
subject matter

Antonyms

exterior
outside
surface

personality
whole
exteriority

bottom
bluntness
dullness