Synonyms of nucleus

nucleus

noun

ˈnü-klē-əs 

1

as in center

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

a college campus that was a nucleus of opposition to the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• center
• hub
• capital
• mecca
• core
• base
• heart
• focus
• locus
• seat
• central
• axis
• nexus
• nerve center
• epicenter
• ground zero
• headquarters
• navel
• playground
• cynosure
• omphalos
• eye
• where it's at
• hive
• magnet
• hotbed
• kernel
• attraction
• essence
• hot spot
• pith
• playland
• loadstone
• thick
• soul
• nub
• happy hunting ground
• quintessence
• polestar
• deep
• lodestone

2

as in core

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

the nucleus of the movement's methodology has always been passive resistance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of nucleus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On’s co-founder, who has owned the dental laboratory that now serves as Pop On’s nucleus since 2008. —Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 5 Aug. 2024

The periodic table arranges elements based on their atomic number, or the number of protons each element has in its nucleus. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 25 July 2024

Fission happens when a slow-moving neutron is absorbed by a uranium 235 nucleus and splits it into two lighter nuclei, releasing huge amounts of energy and excess, very fast neutrons. —Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024

About 10% of all galaxies have a brightly shining center called an active galactic nucleus (AGN). —Daniel Clery, science.org, 3 July 2024