gist

Other forms of gist

plural

gists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gist

What does gist mean?

gist means "the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gist?

gist has 1 syllable: gist. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪst/.

What is another word for gist?

Close synonyms include effect, essence, burden, core, kernel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gist a common word?

gist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with gist?

1 word rhymes with gist. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.