| essential(noun, adjective, important, critical, essence) |
| point(noun, feature, part, quality, understanding) |
| soul(noun, quality, character, strength, spirit) |
| sum |
| brass tacks(noun, expression, feature, law, part) |
| cold fact(noun, expression, facts, details, essentials) |
| fundamentals(noun, quality, character, spirit, significance) |
| gravamen(noun, substance, effect, score, heart) |
| hard fact(noun, expression, facts, details, essentials) |
| heart and soul |
| meat and potatoes(noun, expression, idiom, feature, good) |
| quiddity(noun, quality, character, spirit, significance) |
| reality(noun, quality, character, spirit, significance) |
| axiom(noun, law, certainty, foundation, basic) |
| basis(noun, law, quality, character, strength) |
| burden(noun, good, quality, understanding, character) |
| circumstance(noun, case, detail, fact, specific) |
| element(noun, feature, law, part, quality) |
| fact(noun, feature, part, plan, point) |
| foundation(noun, law, substance, basic, basis) |