All nub synonyms
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- crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
- essence — The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, esp. something abstract, that determines its character.
- core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
- 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.
- nitty-gritty — the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
- root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- gist — the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech?
- upshot — the final issue, the conclusion, or the result: The upshot of the disagreement was a new bylaw.
- basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.
- kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- nubbin — a small lump or stunted piece; stub.
- nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- pith — Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- 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.
- short — having little length; not long.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- knot — either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- bulge — If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
- knob — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- node — a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
adjective nub
- underlying — lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
- rooter — a person who roots for, supports, or encourages a team or contestant.
- essential — Absolutely necessary; extremely important.
- substratal — something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.