Synonyms of the word

nub

• n. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
• n. A small lump or knob.
• n. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
• n. (slang) The clitoris.
• v. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
• v. To push; to nudge.
• v. To beckon.
• n. (Internet, slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

bulge

• n. Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when…
• n. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
• n. (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
• n. (colloquial) The outline of penis and testicles visible through clothing; manbulge.
• v. (intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
• v. (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

bump

• n. A light blow or jolting collision.
• n. The sound of such a collision.
• n. A protuberance on a level surface.
• n. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
• n. One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or…
• n. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to…
• n. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
• n. (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning…
• n. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
• n. (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
• n. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
• n. A coarse cotton fabric.
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.
• n. (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
• v. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
• v. To move up or down by a step.
• v. (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it…
• v. (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
• v. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
• v. (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event.
• v. (archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
• interj. (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to…

center

• n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
• n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
• n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates…
• n. A place where some function or activity occurs.
• n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
• n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
• n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the…
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
• n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
• n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
• n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside…
• n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position…
• n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about…
• n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point…
• n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
• adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
• v. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
• v. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway…
• v. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
• v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

content

• n. (uncountable) That which is contained.
• n. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
• n. The amount of material contained; contents.
• n. Capacity for holding.
• n. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case…
• adj. Satisfied about a particular circumstance; thus, in a state of satisfaction.
• interj. (archaic) Alright, agreed.
• n. Satisfaction; contentment.
• n. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination.
• n. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
• v. (transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

core

• n. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• n. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
• n. The center or inner part of a space or area.
• n. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
• n. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole…
• n. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
• n. (computing) Magnetic data storage.
• n. (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores…
• n. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
• n. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
• n. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
• n. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
• n. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
• n. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
• n. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
• v. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• v. To extract a sample with a drill.
• n. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
• n. A miner's underground working time or shift.
• n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
• n. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded…

essence

• n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
• n. (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
• n. Constituent substance.
• n. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
• n. A significant feature of something.
• n. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
• n. Fragrance, a perfume.

excrescence

• n. something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
• n. a disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
• n. (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or…

extrusion

• n. A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped…
• n. An item formed by the process of extrusion.

gibbosity

• n. The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

gibbousness

• n. The quality of being gibbous.

gist

• n. The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux…
• n. (law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
• n. (obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
• v. To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

heart

• n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of…
• n. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
• n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage,…
• n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
• n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
• n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
• n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
• n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
• n. The centre, essence, or core.
• v. (transitive, poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
• v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce…

hump

• n. A mound of earth.
• n. A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
• n. A speed hump.
• n. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
• n. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
• n. (Britain, slang) A bad mood.
• n. (slang) A painfully boorish person.
• v. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).

inwardness

• n. The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
• n. (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
• n. (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity.
• n. (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness.

jut

• n. Something that sticks out.
• v. (intransitive) To stick out.
• v. (obsolete) To butt.

kernel

• n. The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
• n. The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
• n. A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
• n. (US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
• n. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
• n. (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and…
• n. (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
• n. (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
• n. (mathematics, algebra) Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
• n. (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose…
• n. (slang) The human clitoris.

marrow

• n. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
• n. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
• n. The essence; the best part.
• n. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
• n. (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

meat

• n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
• n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish.
• n. (now archaic) A meal.
• n. (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food.
• n. (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
• n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
• n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
• n. A meathead.
• n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

nitty-gritty

• n. (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details.

nubble

• n. A small knob or lump.
• v. (obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.

part

• n. A portion; a component.
• n. Duty; responsibility.
• n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
• n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
• n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
• v. (intransitive) To leave.
• v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
• v. (transitive) To divide in two.
• v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
• v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
• v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
• v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
• v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
• v. To leave; to quit.
• v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
• adj. Fractional; partial.
• adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.

piece

• n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
• n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished…
• n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
• n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
• n. An artillery gun.
• n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
• n. (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Britain dialectal, US dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its…
• n. (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
• n. (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually…
• n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
• n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the…
• n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
• n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
• n. (US) A pacifier.
• n. (colloquial) A distance.
• v. (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
• v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
• v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

pith

• n. The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
• n. The spongy interior substance of a feather.
• n. The spinal cord; the marrow.
• n. The albedo of a citrus fruit.
• n. (figuratively) The essential or vital part.
• v. (transitive) To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
• v. (transitive) To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

prominence

• n. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
• n. Relative importance.
• n. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
• n. (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization…

protrusion

• n. (uncountable) The act of protruding.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being protruded.
• n. (countable) Anything that protrudes.

protuberance

• n. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes.

stub

• n. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
• n. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
• n. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement…
• n. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing…
• n. (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
• n. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog.
• n. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract.
• n. (obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.
• n. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
• n. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
• n. The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
• v. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
• v. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
• v. To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

sum

• n. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
• n. (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily…
• n. A quantity of money.
• n. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
• n. A central idea or point.
• n. The utmost degree.
• n. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
• v. (transitive) To add together.
• v. (transitive) To give a summary of.
• n. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
• n. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
• pron. (African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.