CORES Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

cores

noun

plural of core

as in hearts

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions in my very core I knew that an injustice was being committed

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Relevance

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest the capitol building is the core of the political life of the state

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as in kernels

the central part or aspect of something under consideration at last, we come to the core of the issue that has been dividing us

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as in bodies

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts a starfish can even survive the division of its core into two parts; both halves then regenerate

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as in middles

an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface the mountain rises from ground that is almost precisely at the island's core

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Recent Examples of cores Rumors also say the flagship Nova Lake desktop chip will feature a staggering 52 CPU cores. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026 The narrow cores of this compound kept the quantum rungs spaced cleanly apart. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026 Mars and Earth formed in similar ways, with giant magma oceans that cooled into cores, mantles and crusts. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026 White dwarfs like the one at the heart of this system are formed when stars around the same mass as the sun run out of hydrogen in their cores. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026 It’s equipped with an A20 Pro chip, though the 128GB and 256GB models have five CPU cores, while the 512GB model gets six. — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026 Any far-future geologist sifting through sediment cores will detect a thin dusting of radioactive fallout as a precise time stamp of a world forever changed—an inexpungible technofossil boundary signaling humanity’s broader dominance. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 Demand for transformers has surged, yet the US has only one domestic producer of the specialized electrical steel needed for transformer cores. — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Chip designer Arm has estimated that agentic AI data centers could need 120 million CPU cores per gigawatt, four times what traditional data centers require. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Ashley Padilla Padilla, who captured hearts as a star cast member of SNL this past year, made the room laugh with a toast full of jokes and references to her most notable sketches.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 Oct. 2026
Patients need their daily medications and their hearts, lungs and bellies must be listened to.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of hearts

Noun

Lombardo expressed support for the projects backed by local communities, while Ford questioned whether the developments would benefit residents and proposed pausing tax breaks for centers.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
By entering your address, the locator will create a list of voting centers that are less than a mile away.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of centers

Noun

Once a site on the Tentative List is formally nominated, independent advisory bodies assess its significance and conservation measures.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
But Miami-Dade voters also decided a series of local issues — like teacher pay— and races for seats on the school board, county commission and other local government bodies.

— Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of bodies

Noun

The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of middles

Noun

But only a handful of souls have ever gone up the treacherous, unforgiving north face — 9,000 steep miles of snow, rock and ice with a gnarly gully given the forbidding name the Hornbein Couloir.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Here the final abode of souls redeemed by Christ in heaven is depicted as an intricate urban environment.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of souls

Noun

Prices start at $2,410 (excluding international flights, which are typically via hubs such as Paris or London).

— Heather Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
Independent Russian media outlets later reported that Ukrainian drones had targeted one of Europe’s largest oil transport hubs in Samara.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of hubs

Noun

Becoming the first Latino directly elected to California’s highest office is a distinction Becerra was reluctant to promote on the campaign trail, preferring instead to focus on his humble roots.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Mulching too early in fall can trap warmth that tricks the plants into sending out new growth, but mulching after the ground has frozen won’t properly insulate roots.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2026