meaningfulness the quality of having great value or significance
significance -
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
meaning,
substance the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
significance -
the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
signified,
sense the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
intension,
connotation what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term
gist,
burden,
essence,
effect,
core an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
moral,
lesson the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
nuance,
nicety,
subtlety,
refinement,
shade a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
overtone a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
