nucleus

Main Entry:
nucleus [noo-klee-uhs, nyoo-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: core; basis for something's
Synonyms: beginning bud, center, crux, embryo, focus, foundation, germ, heart, hub, kernel, matter, nub, pivot, premise, principle, seed, spark
Antonyms: exterior, exteriority, outside
Main Entry: bud
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: new sprout on plant
Synonyms: bloom, blossom, embryo, floret, germ, incipient flower, nucleus, shoot, spark
Main Entry: center
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: middle point
Synonyms: axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream*, marrow, middle of the road, midpoint, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, place, polestar, quick, radial point, root, seat
Antonyms: border, boundary, edge, exterior, exteriority, margin, outside, outskirts, periphery, rim, surroundings
Main Entry: centerpiece
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: highlight
Synonyms: best part, center of attention, climax, focal point, heart, high point, high spot, hub, keynote, main event, main feature, nucleus
Main Entry: core
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: center, gist
Synonyms: amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, main idea, mass, meat and potatoes, meat*, middle, midpoint, midst, nitty gritty, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot
Antonyms: covering, exterior, exteriority, outside, perimeter, surface
Main Entry: egg
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: seed, cell; embryo of an animal
Synonyms: bud, cackle, cackleberry, germ, nucleus, oospore, ovum, roe, rudiment, spawn, yellow eye
Main Entry: essence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heart, significance
Synonyms: aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and end-all, being, bottom, bottom line, burden, caliber, character, chief constituent, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, essentia, essentiality, fiber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, lifeblood, main idea, marrow, meaning, meat*, name of game, nature, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, point, principle, property, quality, quiddity, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, virtuality
Main Entry: germ
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: bud, cause, egg, embryo, inception, nucleus, origin, ovule, ovum, root, rudiment, seed, source, spark, spore, sprig, sprout
Main Entry: heart
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: essence, central part
Synonyms: basic, bosom, bottom line, center, coal and ice, core, crux, focal point, focus, gist, hub, kernel, marrow, middle, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith, polestar, quick*, quintessence, root, seat, soul
Antonyms: exterior, exteriority, outside, periphery, surface
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