Synonyms of nub

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nub

noun

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1

as in chunk

a small uneven mass

throw a nub of butter into the frying pan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunk
• clump
• hunk
• wad
• knob
• lump
• glob
• nugget
• piece
• gob
• nubble
• blob
• bead
• gobbet
• dollop
• clod
• bit
• clot
• globule
• patch
• drop
• portion
• particle
• nubbin
• chip
• bulk
• granule
• body
• block
• crumb
• morsel
• scrap

2

as in root

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

the nub of the argument is that the intelligence agencies failed the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

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