Synonyms for Nittygritty:

• adj.

  •essential (adjective)
  • deep-seated,
  • substratal,
  • elementary,
  • congenital,
  • ideal,
  • primary,
  • inbred,
  • connate,
  • principal,
  • main,
  • material,
  • key,
  • perfect,
  • underlying,
  • intrinsic,
  • inborn,
  • cold,
  • complete,
  • primitive,
  • constitutional,
  • elemental,
  • innate,
  • cardinal,
  • basal,
  • inherent,
  • absolute,
  • prime,
  • quintessential.
  •underlying (adjective)
  • hidden,
  • radical,
  • concealed,
  • necessary,
  • crucial,
  • lurking,
  • veiled,
  • critical,
  • indispensable,
  • vital,
  • essential,
  • bottom-line,
  • needful.
  •vital (adjective)
  • integral,
  • heavy,
  • name-of-the-game,
  • needed,
  • important,
  • meat-and-potatoes,
  • imperative,
  • coal-and-ice,
  • name,
  • meaningful,
  • underlined,
  • life-or-death,
  • constitutive,
  • required,
  • significant,
  • decisive,
  • urgent.

• n.

  •basics (noun)
  • the three R's,
  • first steps,
  • rudiments.
  •bottom line (noun)
  • income,
  • profit,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • conclusion,
  • main idea,
  • last word,
  • whole story,
  • what it's all about,
  • determination,
  • sum and substance,
  • final decision,
  • main point,
  • Main Thing,
  • fiber,
  • key point,
  • basis,
  • net,
  • crux,
  • loss,
  • point.
  •brass tacks (noun)
  • the dope,
  • basic facts,
  • essential facts,
  • cases,
  • Realities,
  • truth of the matter,
  • the scoop,
  • the whole story.
  •crux (noun)
  • nub,
  • thrust,
  • matter,
  • decisive point,
  • pith,
  • purport,
  • body.
  •detail (noun)
  • design,
  • schedule,
  • minutia,
  • cue,
  • particular,
  • singularity,
  • fraction,
  • chapter and verse,
  • item,
  • part,
  • element,
  • plan,
  • trivia,
  • accessory,
  • specification,
  • dope,
  • article,
  • component,
  • trait,
  • respect,
  • peculiarity,
  • fact,
  • count,
  • structure,
  • technicality,
  • thing,
  • abcs,
  • nicety,
  • portion,
  • minor point,
  • Circumstantiality,
  • specialty,
  • fine point,
  • factor,
  • triviality.
  •essence (noun)
  • entity,
  • stuff,
  • property,
  • name of game,
  • principle,
  • quality,
  • be-all and end-all,
  • nucleus,
  • caliber,
  • being,
  • bottom,
  • lifeblood,
  • attribute,
  • chief constituent,
  • vein,
  • burden,
  • character,
  • essentiality,
  • marrow,
  • nature,
  • Virtuality,
  • form,
  • essentia,
  • quiddity,
  • aspect,
  • meaning,
  • base,
  • timber,
  • spirit,
  • grain,
  • life,
  • backbone,
  • constitution,
  • germ.
  •essential (noun)
  • precondition,
  • guts,
  • vital part,
  • where one's at,
  • must,
  • fire and ice,
  • sine qua non,
  • Groceries,
  • fundamental,
  • prerequisite,
  • rudiment,
  • condition,
  • requirement,
  • part and parcel,
  • requisite.
  •foundation (noun)
  • ground,
  • bedrock,
  • Underpinning,
  • prop,
  • footing,
  • understructure,
  • foot,
  • support,
  • justification,
  • infrastructure,
  • substructure,
  • groundwork,
  • authority,
  • reason,
  • stay,
  • bed,
  • substratum.
  •fundamental (noun)
  • foundation,
  • axiom,
  • theorem,
  • law,
  • rule,
  • constituent,
  • cornerstone,
  • rock bottom,
  • principium,
  • coal and ice.
  •heart (noun)
  • basic,
  • bosom,
  • quick,
  • seat,
  • hub,
  • middle,
  • focal point,
  • center,
  • polestar.
  •particular (noun)
  • feature,
  • circumstance,
  • what's what,
  • rundown,
  • facts of life,
  • lowdown,
  • clue,
  • story,
  • picture,
  • know,
  • specific,
  • gospel,
  • abc's,
  • scoop,
  • score,
  • case,
  • speciality.
  •point (noun)
  • intent,
  • validness,
  • appeal,
  • kicker,
  • purpose,
  • proposition,
  • effectiveness,
  • validity,
  • attraction,
  • theme,
  • intention,
  • motif,
  • fascination,
  • object,
  • question,
  • pointer,
  • charm,
  • text,
  • argument,
  • interest,
  • usefulness,
  • tip,
  • idea,
  • motive,
  • end,
  • head,
  • punch line,
  • cogency,
  • topic,
  • utility,
  • tip-off,
  • punch,
  • objective.
  •proof (noun)
  • deposition,
  • averment,
  • corroboration,
  • straight stuff,
  • data,
  • wherefore,
  • verification,
  • credentials,
  • facts,
  • clincher,
  • why,
  • demonstration,
  • skinny,
  • information,
  • grabber,
  • reasons,
  • testament,
  • goods,
  • certification,
  • testimony,
  • validation,
  • establishment,
  • attestation,
  • whyfor,
  • criterion,
  • exhibit,
  • substantiation,
  • grounds,
  • affidavit,
  • paper trail,
  • confirmation,
  • warrant,
  • record,
  • witness,
  • trace,
  • documents,
  • smoking gun.
  •rationality (noun)
  • rationalness,
  • rhyme or reason,
  • rationale.
  •rationalness (noun)
  • rationality.
  •rudiments (noun)
  • principles,
  • elements,
  • beginnings,
  • first principles.
  •sense (noun)
  • advantage,
  • good,
  • denotatiton,
  • nature of the beast,
  • signification,
  • Intendment,
  • message,
  • logic,
  • Significancy.
  •stuff (noun)
  • staple.
  •substance (noun)
  • mass,
  • sum total,
  • Gravamen,
  • corpus,
  • amount,
  • way of it,
  • strength,
  • general meaning.
  •terms (noun)
  • price,
  • fee,
  • stipulations,
  • treaty,
  • provision,
  • strings,
  • charge,
  • premises,
  • circumstances,
  • rate,
  • premise,
  • particulars,
  • details,
  • points,
  • fine print,
  • items,
  • specifications,
  • provisions,
  • Provisos,
  • small print,
  • qualifications,
  • reservation,
  • what it is,
  • proviso,
  • payment,
  • stipulation,
  • size of it.
  •truth (noun)
  • correctness,
  • precision,
  • inside track,
  • factualism,
  • factuality,
  • gospel truth,
  • authenticity,
  • legitimacy,
  • exactness,
  • accuracy,
  • trueness,
  • perfection,
  • infallibility,
  • honest truth,
  • verisimilitude,
  • veracity,
  • exactitude,
  • genuineness,
  • unvarnished truth,
  • verity,
  • truthfulness,
  • factualness,
  • maxim,
  • certainty,
  • plain talk,
  • truism,
  • actuality,
  • naked truth,
  • rightness,
  • rectitude.

Antonyms for Nittygritty:

• adj.

  • essential
    flawed, atypical, wrong, insignificant, extrinsic, unimportant, auxiliary, subsidiary, inessential, incidental, secondary, imperfect, accessory, learned, minor, acquired, nonessential.
  • vital
    meaningless, trivial, voluntary, additional, insignficant, dull, useless, dead, sluggish, worthless, uncritical, unnecessary, optional, needless.

• n.

  • crux
    nothingness, trivia, nothing.
  • detail
    generality, entirety, generalization, whole.
  • essence
    abstract, top.
  • essential
    extra, cowardice, fear, throwaway.
  • fundamental
    addition, subordinate.
  • heart
    head, border, margin, periphery.
  • nitty-gritty
    outside, exterior, surface, Exteriority.
  • point
    disinterest, bluntness, invalidity, dullness, ineffectiveness, boredom, bottom, personality, uselessness, repulsion.
  • proof
    hypothesis, theory.
  • sense
    insignificance, meaninglessness, disadvantage.
  • significance
    triviality, unimportance.
  • signification
    origin, cause, reality, source.
  • substance
    poverty.
  • terms
    disagreement.
  • truth
    flaw, invention, dishonesty, inaccuracy, falsehood, imprecision, lie, disloyalty, imperfection, misrepresentation, falseness, untruth, inexactness.