Synonyms of nuclei

nuclei

noun

variants also nucleuses

plural of nucleus

1

as in centers

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

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

2

as in cores

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cores
• essences
• kernels
• directions
• substances
• hearts
• tenors
• roots
• meats
• bottom lines
• nets
• piths
• contents
• nubbins
• themes
• nubs
• meat and potatoes
• centerpieces
• sums
• pivots
• cruxes
• bullseyes
• gists
• cruces
• subjects
• keynotes
• points
• bodies
• drifts
• courses
• bull's-eyes
• hypotheses
• propositions
• theses
• purports