CORES Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

cores

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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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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 With a unique two-in-one design, this tool effectively removes any trace of stems, cores, and seeds from both full-size bell peppers and smaller ones like jalapenos. —

Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026 Intel is still splitting its CPU cores between power-efficient E-cores and high-performance P-cores, but core counts overall are down relative to both previous-generation Core Ultra chips and older 12th- and 13th-generation Core chips. —

Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 The frequency of those cores, the available cache, and TDP will all factor into how useful this CPU is as a major part of an affordable desktop gaming PC. —

Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Avocado pits, peach stones, and other hard fruit cores are far too tough for your disposal’s blades and can cause serious damage. —

Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026 Key Points Lawn aeration is the process of pulling small cores of soil from the grass, stimulating growth. —

Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Apr. 2026 After test flights of the 10A, the next step will be bundling together three booster cores—something commercial firm CAS Space achieved in China for the first time late last month—for the larger rocket and test flights to the moon. —

Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026 The cores contained plant roots, fungi and whatever else lives in the soil — a snapshot of life underground and a census of biodiversity in a certain spot at a certain moment in time. —

Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026 The bombs’ nuclear warheads weren’t armed, but their plutonium cores were. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026

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Noun

But Ashley and Austin, bless their hearts, would live in the throes of a careless spring, with mismatched furniture and super casual pastel curtains.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of competitors went home without any prizes but with hearts full of youthful joy — thanks to a schoolyard game that’s over 2,000 years old.

— Brian Cheung, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026