| profit(noun, essence, core, outcome, upshot) |
| property(noun, quality, character, spirit, significance) |
| punch line(noun, expression, idea, score, matter) |
| question(noun, idea, score, matter, subject) |
| quiddity(noun, quality, character, spirit, significance) |
| reality(noun, quality, character, spirit, heart) |
| root(noun, quality, body, spirit, heart) |
| score(noun, idea, matter, subject, argument) |
| sine qua non(noun, expression, idiom, heart, essential) |
| spirit(noun, quality, character, heart, essential) |
| starting point(expression, root, mainspring, intermediacy) |
| stuff(noun, quality, character, spirit, idea) |
| subject matter(noun, expression, idea, score, matter) |
| substance(noun, quality, body, character, spirit) |
| sum and substance(noun, expression, idiom, essence, profit) |
| text(noun, idea, score, matter, subject) |
| theme(noun, idea, score, matter, subject) |
| thrust(noun, body, substance, idea, matter) |
| timber(noun, quality, character, spirit, significance) |
| upshot(noun, body, substance, heart, foundation) |