All fulcra synonyms

noun fulcra

• core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
• indicator — a person or thing that indicates.
• code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
• means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
• sign — a token; indication.
• clue — A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
• passport — an official document issued by the government of a country to one of its citizens and, varying from country to country, authorizing travel to foreign countries and authenticating the bearer's identity, citizenship, right to protection while abroad, and right to reenter his or her native country.
• ticket — a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like: a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
• password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• site — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
• place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
• post — power-on self-test
• backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
• blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
• index — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
• interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• nexus — a means of connection; tie; link.
• pointer — a person or thing that points.
• earmark — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
• crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
• cue — In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
• cipher — A cipher is a secret system of writing that you use to send messages.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• pivot — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
• lever — tool for lifting
• translation — the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
• root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
• brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
• symptom — any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.
• hinge — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
• fulcrum — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
• marker — a person or thing that marks.
• shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
• swivel — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
• center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
• hub — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
• heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
• axle — An axle is a rod connecting a pair of wheels on a car or other vehicle.
• spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
• kingpin — Bowling. headpin. the pin at the center; the number five pin.
• abode — Your abode is the place where you live.
• situation — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
• residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
• headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
• source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
• cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.