Roget's Thesaurus

#516. Meaning

Nouns

meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope. [important part of the meaning] substance; gist, essence, marrow, spirit etc. 5. matter; subject, subject matter; argument, text, sum and substance. general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, etc. (exact) 494 honest meaning, etc. 543 prima facie meaning [Lat.]; etc. (manifest) 525. letter of the law. literally; after acceptation. synonym; implication, allusion etc. (latency) 526; suggestion etc. (information) 527; figure of speech etc. 521; acceptation etc. (interpretation) 522.

Verbs

mean, signify, express; import, purport; convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense; tell of, speak of; touch on; point to, allude to; drive at; involve etc. (latency) 526; declare etc. (affirm) 535. understand by etc. (interpret) 522.

Adjectives

meaning etc. v.; expressive, suggestive, allusive; significant, significative, significatory; pithy; full of meaning, pregnant with meaning. declaratory etc. 535; intelligible etc. 518; literal; synonymous; tantamount etc. (equivalent) 27; implied etc. (latent) 526; explicit etc. 525.

Adverbs

to that effect; that is to say etc. (being interpreted) 522.