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Synonyms for main idea
| Grammar : Noun |
Top 10 synonyms for main idea Other synonyms for the word main idea
- amount
- argument
- attribute
- backbone
- base
- basis
- be-all and end-all
- being
- bottom
- bottom line
- bulk
- burden
- caliber
- chief constituent
- conclusion
- consequence
- constitution
- core
- corpus
- crux
- determination
- drift
- entity
- essentia
- essentiality
- fiber
- final decision
- force
- form
- fundamentals
- germ
- gist
- grain
- head
- heart
- import
- kernel
- key point
- kicker
- last word
- life
- lifeblood
- loss
- main idea
- main point
- main thing
- marrow
- mass
- matter
- meaning
- meat
- meat and potatoes
- middle
- midpoint
- midst
- motif
- motive
- name of game
- name of the game
- nature
- net
- nitty gritty
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nucleus
- nuts and bolts
- origin
- pith
- pivot
- point
- pointer
- principle
- profit
- property
- proposition
- punch line
- purport
- quality
- question
- quick
- quiddity
- quintessence
- reality
- root
- score
- significance
- soul
- spirit
- staple
- structure
- stuff
- subject
- subject matter
- substance
- sum and substance
- text
- theme
- thrust
- timber
- tip
- tip-off
- topic
- upshot
- vein
- virtuality
- what it's all about
- whole story
Définition of main idea
- As in point : noun meaning, essence
- As in bottom line : noun indispensable content
- As in core : noun center, gist
- As in essence : noun heart, significance
- The main idea in all courses was to do what you had to but no more.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- All through this their main idea has been not to trouble you.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Inevitably it turns to this sort of violence when the uneducated have seized on its main idea.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- Show how the opening paragraph introduces the main idea of the story.
- Extract from : « Americans All » by Various
- The main idea of the story, however, is curiously distorted.
- Extract from : « Italian Popular Tales » by Thomas Frederick Crane
- His changes had merely muddied the plot and cheapened her main idea.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down East » by Alice B. Emerson
- The main idea of confession, I take it, is gettin' at the facts.
- Extract from : « On the Frontier » by Bret Harte
- Deliverance from his enemies is the psalmist's main idea in the word here.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren
- The main idea of the chapter is borrowed from Montaigne, Essais, l. iii.
- Extract from : « The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal » by Blaise Pascal
- In this lengthy working-out every part of the main idea is fully developed.
- Extract from : « Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Otto Jahn
Antonyms for main idea
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