Synonyms for gravamen
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Noun
1. Stuff — the essence or most important aspect of a piece of writing, a point of argument, etc.; the gist
heart, stuff, soul, spirit, core, meat, substance, essence, kernel, nuts and bolts, marrow, crux, nub, pith, quintessence, quiddity, guts, nitty-gritty informal, gist dated, inwardness dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The essence or most important aspect of a piece of writing, a point of argument, etc.; the gist.
Forms
- Plural
- gravamens → hearts, stuffs, souls, spirits…
Example sentences
- soul What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
- core It's quite likely that FIFA is rotten to the core.
- meat Tom bought some expensive meat to cook for dinner.
- substance The result of the experiment was a blue substance.
- grievance I have a grievance about that. I believe it was unfair.
By length
- 3 letters
- nub1
- 4 letters
- soul1, core1, meat1, guts1, gist1, crux1, pith1
- 5 letters
- heart1, stuff1
- 6 letters
- spirit2, kernel2, marrow2
- 7 letters
- essence2
- 8 letters
- quiddity
- 9 letters
- substance2, grievance2
- 10 letters
- inwardness
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spirit2 = 2 syllables).