Synonyms of kernel

kernel

noun

as in root

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of human migration into space

Synonyms & Similar Words

• root
• core
• essence
• heart
• meat
• point
• nucleus
• sum
• sum and substance
• pith
• bottom line
• crux
• gist
• pivot
• nub
• net
• keynote
• centerpiece
• theme
• the long and short
• meat and potatoes
• subject
• nubbin
• tenor
• bull's-eye
• content
• substance
• the long and the short
• direction
• body
• course
• drift
• thesis
• hypothesis
• proposition
• purport