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nucleus
Synonyms and Antonyms of nucleus
1
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland
attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar
where it's at
2
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
sum and substance, the long and short (or the long and the short)
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