Synonyms of nexuses

nexuses

noun

variants or nexus

plural of nexus

1

as in chains

a series of things linked together

the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chains
• sequences
• trains
• strings
• progressions
• concatenations
• consecutions
• circles
• cycles
• catenations
• gauntlets
• scales
• catenae
• belts
• flows
• streams
• rivers
• chain reactions
• spectra
• successions
• continua
• files
• vicious circles
• queues
• lines
• rows
• gamuts
• ranges

2

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest

as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• centers
• hubs
• capitals
• meccas
• foci
• bases
• hearts
• nuclei
• cores
• seats
• epicenters
• axes
• loci
• centrals
• playgrounds
• navels
• headquarters
• nerve centers
• cynosures
• eyes
• ground zeros
• hotbeds
• essences
• hot spots
• magnets
• kernels
• omphali
• attractions
• hives
• piths
• nubs
• deeps
• happy hunting grounds
• souls
• playlands
• lodestones
• quintessences
• thicks
• polestars

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nexuses

Ursuline and Gannon insist that PPP funds provide a nexus for the application of Title IX to G-MAC, but expect the conference to push back. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026

The Illinois Tollway plans to reduce backups at the congested nexus by adding lanes to northbound and southbound I-355 in the Downers Grove area as well as ramp improvements. — Marni Pike, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Advertisement Other countries wishing to stimulate innovation could do well to emulate this nexus between government, business, and academia that has been so successful in Switzerland. — Alois Zwinggi, Time, 24 June 2026

Even before the event, the matches have been a nexus for proud Jordanians to gather together. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 June 2026

Parias' case showcases the nexus of the issues — and the narrow scope of oversight and resources within the judicial and agency level for someone injured by the federal agency that is also detaining them. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 20 June 2026

This does not strike me as the biography of someone who needs lectures on the nexus between the black freedom struggle and its import to the broader world. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

Every neighborhood has its own part in the story too, as the nightlife nexus has migrated up and down Manhattan, shimmied across the East River and back, and transformed, faltered, and thrived again over the past six decades. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

Her case, within a nexus of other acts of disrespect, provoked the ire of numerous Indigenous Americans, including one of the better-known of the eighteenth century, Pontiac, an Odawa leader who organized resistance against the British. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026