1. gist

noun. ['ˈdʒɪst'] the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.

Rhymes with Gist

• preexist
• reminisced
• coexist
• subsist
• dismissed
• consist
• baptiste
• resist
• persist
• insist
• exist
• enlist
• desist
• delist
• twist
• tryst
• quist
• krist
• grist
• ghrist
• frist
• crist
• chryst
• assist
• wrist
• wist
• vist
• schist
• rist
• pissed

How do you pronounce gist?

Pronounce gist as ʤɪst.

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Sentences with gist

1. Noun, singular or mass
The gist of this dish is that it has seven layers.

Quotes about gist

1. Everything stated or expressed by man is a note in the margin of a completely erased text. From what's in the note we can extract the gist of what must have been in the text, but there's always a doubt, and the possible meanings are many.
- Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

2. gist

noun. ['ˈdʒɪst'] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.