THESAURUS
basis, bench mark, burden, cardinal point, case, chapter, chief thing, climax, concern, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, focus of attention, focus of interest, fundamental, gist, gravamen, great point, head, heading, heart, high point, important thing, issue, kernel, keystone, landmark, living issue, main thing, material point, matter, matter in hand, meat, milestone, motif, motive, nub, pith, pivot, point, point at issue, point in question, problem, question, real issue, recap, recapitulation, resume, rubric, run-through, rundown, salient point, sine qua non, subject, subject matter, subject of thought, substance, substantive point, sum, sum and substance, summary, summation, text, the bottom line, the point, theme, topic, turning point
