Synonyms for Meat potatoes:

• adj.

  •elementary (adjective)
  • initial,
  • easy,
  • fundamental,
  • prefatory,
  • introductory,
  • substratal,
  • abecedarian,
  • beginning,
  • straightforward,
  • simplest,
  • underlying,
  • basal,
  • foundational,
  • simplified,
  • elemental,
  • uncomplicated,
  • uncomplex,
  • clear,
  • plain,
  • simplex,
  • primo,
  • preliminary,
  • original,
  • facile,
  • primitive,
  • duck soup,
  • essential,
  • child's play,
  • rudimentary,
  • primary.
  •essential (adjective)
  • elementary,
  • key,
  • connate,
  • constitutional,
  • prime,
  • quintessential,
  • cold,
  • complete,
  • inherent,
  • principal,
  • intrinsic,
  • material,
  • innate,
  • deep-seated,
  • inbred,
  • inborn,
  • perfect,
  • ideal,
  • absolute,
  • main,
  • congenital,
  • cardinal.

• n.

  •bottom line (noun)
  • last word,
  • key point,
  • final decision,
  • fundamentals,
  • whole story,
  • what it's all about,
  • crux,
  • determination,
  • profit,
  • main point,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • sum and substance,
  • reality,
  • income,
  • point,
  • net,
  • main idea,
  • loss,
  • conclusion,
  • Main Thing,
  • fiber,
  • core.
  •comfort food (noun)
  • home cooking,
  • prepackaged food,
  • mom's food,
  • plain food.
  •core (noun)
  • importance,
  • quick,
  • significance,
  • midpoint,
  • burden,
  • pivot,
  • body,
  • nub,
  • thrust,
  • nucleus,
  • middle,
  • base,
  • foundation,
  • midst,
  • nitty gritty,
  • pith,
  • heart,
  • import,
  • kernel,
  • corpus,
  • consequence,
  • mass,
  • purport,
  • focus,
  • origin,
  • amount,
  • meat,
  • bulk,
  • upshot,
  • staple,
  • root.
  •crux (noun)
  • decisive point,
  • matter.
  •detail (noun)
  • nicety,
  • component,
  • factor,
  • element,
  • triviality,
  • trivia,
  • part,
  • article,
  • cue,
  • schedule,
  • fraction,
  • peculiarity,
  • design,
  • structure,
  • trait,
  • thing,
  • count,
  • abcs,
  • item,
  • plan,
  • fine point,
  • chapter and verse,
  • specialty,
  • singularity,
  • accessory,
  • brass tacks,
  • technicality,
  • Circumstantiality,
  • particular,
  • specification,
  • dope,
  • respect,
  • minutia,
  • fact,
  • portion,
  • minor point.
  •essential (noun)
  • requirement,
  • quintessence,
  • part and parcel,
  • sine qua non,
  • Groceries,
  • precondition,
  • requisite,
  • prerequisite,
  • condition,
  • fire and ice,
  • where one's at,
  • vital part,
  • stuff,
  • must,
  • rudiment,
  • principle.
  •rationality (noun)
  • rationale,
  • rhyme or reason,
  • rationalness.
  •rationalness (noun)
  • rationality.
  •sense (noun)
  • message,
  • use,
  • implication,
  • interpretation,
  • Significancy,
  • nature of the beast,
  • definition,
  • drift,
  • reason,
  • denotatiton,
  • understanding,
  • worth,
  • signification,
  • logic,
  • purpose,
  • punch line,
  • Intendment,
  • nuance,
  • acceptation,
  • value,
  • good,
  • advantage.

Antonyms for Meat potatoes:

• adj.

  • elementary
    extra, complex, involved, abstruse, intricate, secondary, hard, difficult, advanced, complicated, compound, additional.
  • essential
    imperfect, flawed, nonessential, insignificant, minor, atypical, incidental, auxiliary, accessory, unimportant, wrong, subsidiary, learned, acquired, inessential, extrinsic.

• n.

  • core
    covering, cause, source, perimeter, surface, exterior, outside, unimportance, Exteriority, insignificance.
  • crux
    nothing, trivia, nothingness.
  • detail
    entirety, generality, generalization, whole.
  • essential
    cowardice, throwaway, fear.
  • sense
    meaninglessness, disadvantage.