All lifeblood synonyms

noun lifeblood

• core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
• substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
• nature — has the X nature
• root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
• basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
• character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
• soul — the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
• crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
• meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
• principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
• aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
• bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
• reality — the state or quality of being real.
• quality — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
• spirit — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
• structure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
• 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.
• growth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
• activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
• apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
• kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
• point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
• nitty-gritty — the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
• attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
• caliber — the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter
• nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
• timber — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
• constitution — The constitution of a country or organization is the system of laws which formally states people's rights and duties.
• bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
• germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
• being — Being is the present participle of be1.
• life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
• fiber — a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
• form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
• fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
• backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
• base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
• quintessence — the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
• vein — one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
• meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
• pith — Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
• stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
• grain — granularity
• property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
• quiddity — the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
• get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.