Synonyms for Name game:

• adj.

  •essential (adjective)
  • cold,
  • absolute,
  • ideal,
  • perfect,
  • basal,
  • constitutional,
  • inborn,
  • inbred,
  • substratal,
  • inherent,
  • deep-seated,
  • prime,
  • primitive,
  • cardinal,
  • principal,
  • elementary,
  • quintessential,
  • elemental,
  • underlying,
  • innate,
  • material,
  • intrinsic,
  • connate,
  • primary,
  • main,
  • congenital,
  • complete,
  • key.
  •necessary (adjective)
  • compelling,
  • pressing,
  • needed,
  • de rigueur,
  • crucial,
  • obligatory,
  • specified,
  • required,
  • wanted,
  • significant,
  • imperative,
  • decisive,
  • all-important,
  • binding,
  • exigent,
  • basic,
  • expedient,
  • compulsory,
  • mandatory,
  • unavoidable,
  • urgent,
  • indispensable,
  • paramount,
  • chief,
  • vital,
  • momentous,
  • incumbent on,
  • bottom-line,
  • needful.

• n.

  •bottom line (noun)
  • loss,
  • nuts and bolts,
  • Main Thing,
  • income,
  • net,
  • name of the game,
  • sum and substance,
  • last word,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • key point,
  • whole story,
  • fiber,
  • profit,
  • what it's all about,
  • reality,
  • final decision,
  • core,
  • point,
  • fundamentals,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • determination,
  • main idea,
  • crux,
  • basis,
  • conclusion.
  •essence (noun)
  • bottom,
  • lifeblood,
  • substance,
  • marrow,
  • root,
  • name of game,
  • meat,
  • germ,
  • backbone,
  • spirit,
  • essentiality,
  • life,
  • nucleus,
  • burden,
  • quintessence,
  • quality,
  • structure,
  • form,
  • entity,
  • constitution,
  • meaning,
  • stuff,
  • attribute,
  • soul,
  • being,
  • essentia,
  • be-all and end-all,
  • nature,
  • character,
  • grain,
  • element,
  • vein,
  • aspect,
  • nub,
  • quiddity,
  • property,
  • caliber,
  • Virtuality,
  • base,
  • timber,
  • pith,
  • kernel,
  • chief constituent,
  • principle.
  •essential (noun)
  • fundamental,
  • requisite,
  • part and parcel,
  • rudiment,
  • sine qua non,
  • brass tacks,
  • heart,
  • must,
  • condition,
  • where one's at,
  • precondition,
  • prerequisite,
  • requirement,
  • Groceries,
  • abcs,
  • guts,
  • vital part,
  • fire and ice.
  •gist (noun)
  • punch line,
  • theme,
  • tenor,
  • bearing,
  • sense,
  • drift,
  • nitty gritty,
  • keynote,
  • matter,
  • upshot,
  • topic,
  • significance,
  • nature of the beast,
  • score,
  • thrust,
  • subject,
  • summary,
  • idea,
  • import,
  • force,
  • short.
  •import (noun)
  • construction,
  • gist,
  • signification,
  • intention,
  • Significancy,
  • implication,
  • purport,
  • Intendment,
  • understanding,
  • interpretation,
  • nature of beast,
  • message,
  • acceptation.
  •intent/intention (noun)
  • desire,
  • notion,
  • scheme,
  • hope,
  • wish,
  • end,
  • object,
  • plan,
  • Conation,
  • animus,
  • project,
  • design,
  • objective,
  • will,
  • target,
  • goal,
  • volition.
  •meaning (noun)
  • content,
  • effect,
  • suggestion,
  • denotation,
  • worth,
  • context,
  • explanation,
  • intimation,
  • subject matter,
  • allusion,
  • nuance,
  • connotation,
  • hint,
  • value,
  • symbolization,
  • definition,
  • use.
  •meat and potatoes (noun)
  • ball game.
  •name of the game (noun)
  • real issue,
  • where it's at,
  • bottom line,
  • main point,
  • chief thing,
  • essence.
  •nature (noun)
  • humor,
  • personality,
  • type,
  • temper,
  • temperament,
  • name of tune,
  • individuality,
  • like,
  • description,
  • features,
  • makeup,
  • mood,
  • outlook,
  • texture,
  • complexion,
  • individualism,
  • attributes,
  • traits.
  •nitty-gritty (noun)
  • essential part,
  • essential details,
  • cold fact,
  • the name of the game,
  • focus,
  • important matter,
  • heart of the matter,
  • the facts,
  • chief part,
  • hard fact,
  • basics.
  •point (noun)
  • charm,
  • motif,
  • validity,
  • text,
  • kicker,
  • pointer,
  • utility,
  • cogency,
  • argument,
  • usefulness,
  • appeal,
  • question,
  • attraction,
  • validness,
  • punch,
  • intent,
  • motive,
  • reason,
  • effectiveness,
  • interest,
  • fascination,
  • tip-off,
  • head,
  • proposition,
  • tip,
  • purpose.
  •rationality (noun)
  • rationale,
  • rhyme or reason,
  • rationalness.
  •rationalness (noun)
  • rationality.
  •reality (noun)
  • concreteness,
  • substantive,
  • realness,
  • existence,
  • deed,
  • solidity,
  • verisimilitude,
  • tangibility,
  • what's what,
  • truth,
  • perceptibility,
  • genuineness,
  • absoluteness,
  • authenticity,
  • materiality,
  • actuality,
  • palpability,
  • corporeality,
  • real world,
  • verity,
  • how things are,
  • presence,
  • substantiality,
  • certainty,
  • way of it,
  • realism,
  • phenomenon,
  • like it is,
  • sensibility.
  •sense (noun)
  • good,
  • denotatiton,
  • advantage,
  • logic.
  •substance (noun)
  • mass,
  • innards,
  • corpus,
  • general meaning,
  • body,
  • sum total,
  • strength,
  • Gravamen,
  • center,
  • staple,
  • amount.

Antonyms for Name game:

• adj.

  • essential
    atypical, imperfect, minor, flawed, unimportant, auxiliary, incidental, insignificant, wrong, accessory, learned, acquired, inessential, subsidiary, nonessential, extrinsic, secondary.
  • necessary
    contingent, needless, trivial, useless, additional, optional, voluntary, unnecessary.

• n.

  • essence
    abstract, outside, top, Exteriority, exterior.
  • essential
    cowardice, fear, throwaway, trivia, extra.
  • gist
    insignificance, surface, meaninglessness.
  • point
    ineffectiveness, dullness, disinterest, whole, boredom, repulsion, personality, uselessness, bottom, invalidity, bluntness.
  • reality
    concept, falseness, hypothesis, imagination, belief, fantasy, theory, idea.
  • sense
    disadvantage.
  • significance
    unimportance, triviality.
  • signification
    origin, source, cause, reality.
  • substance
    nothingness, poverty, nothing, periphery.