557 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ nˈʌb], [ nˈʌb], [ n_ˈʌ_b]

Similar words for nub:

• essential (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• underlying (adjective)
• bulb (noun)
• bump, knot (noun)
• contents (noun)
• core (noun)
• core, gist (noun)
• crux (noun)
• foundation (noun)
• gist (noun)
• heart (noun)
• heart and soul (noun)
• intent/intention (noun)
• inwardness (noun)
• keynote/keystone (noun)
• marrow (noun)
• matter (noun)
• meaning (noun)
• meat (noun)
• middle (noun)
• nucleus (noun)
• object (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• point (noun)
• rationality (noun)
• root (noun)
• sense (noun)
• substance (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for nub

Homophones for nub

Hypernyms for nub

Hyponyms for nub

Synonyms for Nub:

• adj.

  • essential (adjective)
  • in-born,
  • in born,
  • more nitty-gritty,
  • deep seated,
  • more nittygritty,
  • nubbest,
  • name the game,
  • most ideal,
  • sub-stratal,
  • most substratal,
  • more substratal,
  • most nitty-gritty,
  • in bred,
  • most nittygritty,
  • more nitty gritty,
  • sub stratal,
  • most nitty gritty,
  • deepseated,
  • in-bred.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • substratal,
  • elementary,
  • nubber,
  • underlying,
  • essential,
  • Rooter,
  • needful,
  • bottom-line,
  • elemental.
  • underlying (adjective)
  • more bottom line,
  • most bottom-line,
  • most bottom line,
  • under lying,
  • in-dispensable,
  • more bottom-line,
  • rootest,
  • under-lying,
  • most bottomline,
  • in dispensable,
  • more bottomline,
  • bottomline.

• n.

  •
  • element,
  • key,
  • priority,
  • basis,
  • burning issue/question,
  • feature,
  • staple,
  • concern.
  •
  • convex,
  • knot.
  •
  • be,
  • soul.
  • bulb (noun)
  • globe,
  • nodules,
  • corm,
  • nodule,
  • Corns,
  • CORMS,
  • corn.
  • bump, knot (noun)
  • node,
  • swelling.
  • contents (noun)
  • filling.
  • core (noun)
  • mid point,
  • up shot,
  • up shots,
  • main ideas,
  • up-shots,
  • mid points,
  • up-shot,
  • meat potatoes.
  • core, gist (noun)
  • bottom line,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • upshot,
  • pith,
  • basic,
  • short.
  • crux (noun)
  • decisive points,
  • nittygritty.
  • foundation (noun)
  • sub structure,
  • infra structure,
  • sub-stratums,
  • sub-strata,
  • sub structures,
  • under structures,
  • under-structure,
  • infra structures,
  • sub stratum,
  • under-structures,
  • sub-structure,
  • infra-structures,
  • under structure,
  • nuts bolts,
  • under-pinning,
  • sub-stratum,
  • sub stratums,
  • under pinning,
  • understructures,
  • sub strata,
  • sub-structures.
  • gist (noun)
  • gist.
  • heart (noun)
  • coal and ice,
  • coal and ices,
  • coal ices,
  • coal ice.
  • heart and soul (noun)
  • heart and soul.
  • intent/intention (noun)
  • co-nations,
  • co nations,
  • de sire,
  • conations,
  • de sires,
  • under-standing,
  • under standings,
  • de-signs,
  • in-tents,
  • under standing,
  • de-sign,
  • de-sires,
  • co-nation,
  • in tents,
  • de signs,
  • under-standings,
  • de-sire,
  • co nation,
  • de sign.
  • inwardness (noun)
  • inwardness.
  • keynote/keystone (noun)
  • basic ideas.
  • marrow (noun)
  • marrow.
  • matter (noun)
  • goings on,
  • goingsons,
  • trans action,
  • under-takings,
  • trans-actions,
  • under taking,
  • shooting matches,
  • trans actions,
  • under-taking,
  • trans-action,
  • goings-ons,
  • goings ons,
  • goingson.
  • meaning (noun)
  • significance.
  • meat (noun)
  • shorts.
  • middle (noun)
  • axis,
  • bisection,
  • half-and-half,
  • average,
  • midst,
  • halfway point,
  • pivot,
  • middle,
  • medium,
  • mean,
  • midpoint,
  • median,
  • epicenter,
  • half,
  • center,
  • mediocrity.
  • nucleus (noun)
  • pre mise,
  • pre-mise,
  • pre mises,
  • beginning buds,
  • pre-mises.
  • object (noun)
  • nub.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • lever,
  • bump,
  • excrescence,
  • kernel,
  • piece,
  • staples,
  • point,
  • decisive point,
  • infra-structure,
  • Intendment,
  • name of game,
  • piths,
  • shooting match,
  • radicle,
  • openers,
  • jut,
  • part,
  • roots,
  • keynotes,
  • goings-on,
  • starting point,
  • nucleus,
  • main idea,
  • import,
  • Virtuality,
  • essence,
  • meat,
  • linchpin,
  • foundation,
  • doorknobs,
  • cognitive content,
  • mental object,
  • mainsprings,
  • extrusion,
  • Quiddities,
  • core,
  • essentia,
  • matter,
  • nubbin,
  • tipoff,
  • germs,
  • polestar,
  • bulge,
  • hump,
  • premise,
  • content,
  • substructures,
  • mid-points,
  • knob,
  • quicks,
  • heart,
  • Conation,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • linchpins,
  • lifeblood,
  • substructure,
  • Radices,
  • infrastructure,
  • keystones,
  • Knurl,
  • Gravamen,
  • purport,
  • validness,
  • beginning bud,
  • protrusion,
  • radix,
  • rock bottom,
  • nubbins,
  • mid-point,
  • mainspring,
  • root,
  • knurls,
  • lump,
  • nuts and bolts,
  • bulb,
  • intents,
  • intendments,
  • protuberance,
  • prominence,
  • basic idea,
  • Radixes,
  • tip off,
  • quiddity,
  • groundwork,
  • gibbousness,
  • hub,
  • contents,
  • Foci,
  • understructure,
  • keynote,
  • be all and end all,
  • opener,
  • chief constituent,
  • gibbosity,
  • rhizomes,
  • polestars,
  • motifs,
  • crux,
  • importance,
  • nitty gritty,
  • doorknob,
  • substance,
  • rhizome,
  • rhyme or reason,
  • essentiality.
  • point (noun)
  • pro position,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro positions,
  • in tent,
  • validnesses.
  • rationality (noun)
  • rhyme reason.
  • root (noun)
  • be ginning,
  • be-ginning,
  • starting points,
  • radicles.
  • sense (noun)
  • rationalness,
  • denotatiton,
  • nature of the beast,
  • nature of beast.
  • substance (noun)
  • general meaning,
  • way of it.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • quintessence,
  • stuff.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • clump,
  • incite,
  • speed bump,
  • indentation,
  • sum and substance,
  • direction,
  • fragrance,
  • ridge,
  • dead center,
  • critical,
  • handle,
  • flap,
  • omphalos,
  • sense,
  • bow,
  • coalition,
  • vex,
  • inflame,
  • ticker,
  • excite,
  • main,
  • morsel,
  • nudge,
  • poke at,
  • effect,
  • serious,
  • burden,
  • load,
  • total,
  • spunk,
  • dig,
  • climax,
  • fabric,
  • most important,
  • little bit,
  • finish,
  • crisis,
  • gob,
  • ear,
  • fondness,
  • nap,
  • subject-matter,
  • bunch,
  • bottom,
  • source,
  • fundamental,
  • burl,
  • chine,
  • centrists,
  • clot,
  • elixir,
  • distillate,
  • indispensable,
  • displace,
  • blain,
  • details,
  • blister,
  • centroid,
  • chief,
  • theme,
  • constrain,
  • nugget,
  • nave,
  • impel,
  • hunch,
  • jet,
  • flange,
  • bosom,
  • abet,
  • pit,
  • stub,
  • papilloma,
  • dollop,
  • projection,
  • rib,
  • ring,
  • spine,
  • critical point,
  • focus,
  • amount,
  • union,
  • bubble,
  • get,
  • jog,
  • centrum,
  • vesicle,
  • perfume,
  • counterfoil,
  • nerve,
  • pump,
  • shopping mall,
  • turning point,
  • gnarl,
  • bleb,
  • inspire,
  • shopping center,
  • primordial,
  • joggle,
  • bother,
  • medulla,
  • glob,
  • eye,
  • mettle,
  • vital,
  • bench mark,
  • flower,
  • surface,
  • sum of money,
  • encourage,
  • bone marrow,
  • building block,
  • affectionateness,
  • vegetable marrow,
  • meaning,
  • button,
  • storm center,
  • cardinal point,
  • nerve center,
  • distillation,
  • wart,
  • Nerve Centre,
  • mall,
  • pivotal,
  • predominant,
  • overbearing,
  • cornerstone,
  • clod,
  • provoke,
  • origin,
  • hypostasis,
  • style,
  • idea,
  • spirit,
  • tenderness,
  • Main Thing,
  • high point,
  • net,
  • Metacenter,
  • centerfield,
  • condyle,
  • significant,
  • center of action,
  • primal,
  • supreme,
  • amount of money,
  • navel,
  • pile,
  • boss,
  • milestone,
  • quicken,
  • principle,
  • bull's eye,
  • feel,
  • fundamentals,
  • stud,
  • sum,
  • organic,
  • nature,
  • carry,
  • principal,
  • agitate,
  • tab,
  • promote,
  • hurtle,
  • prime,
  • mountain,
  • bear on,
  • Knur,
  • shoulder,
  • quid,
  • foremost,
  • substantial,
  • chunk,
  • woof,
  • far end,
  • haecceity,
  • sum total,
  • gall,
  • postulate,
  • pock,
  • real issue,
  • core group,
  • axiom,
  • tubercule,
  • nevus,
  • cahot,
  • bit,
  • weave,
  • wad,
  • paramount,
  • chat,
  • overriding,
  • capital,
  • bilge,
  • summation,
  • drift,
  • dislodge,
  • center of attention,
  • major,
  • cheer,
  • shag,
  • basics,
  • arouse,
  • warmheartedness,
  • peg,
  • means,
  • join,
  • loop,
  • guts,
  • important thing,
  • lip,
  • dowel,
  • arterial,
  • actuate,
  • grain,
  • cause,
  • snapper,
  • mole,
  • Knop,
  • affection,
  • rationality,
  • verruca,
  • coerce,
  • hunk,
  • crucial,
  • landmark,
  • texture,
  • issue,
  • ticket stub,
  • blob,
  • warmness,
  • ultimate,
  • Philia,
  • necessary,
  • plaza,
  • umbilicus,
  • Nubble,
  • Internality,
  • totality,
  • primary,
  • chief thing,
  • check stub,
  • egg on,
  • sap,
  • tumescence,
  • central,
  • main point,
  • surface texture,
  • delve,
  • bulla,
  • wale,
  • centerpiece,
  • structure,
  • message,
  • welt,
  • hill,
  • butt,
  • sine qua non,
  • scent,
  • tubercle,
  • marrow squash,
  • important,
  • gobbet,
  • centre,
  • annoy,
  • material,
  • center of gravity,
  • keystone,
  • aggregate,
  • focal point.

Paraphrases for Nub:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    core, crux, essence, heart.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    node, nucleus, quid, substance, Nuclei.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    centrepiece, knot, noose.

Homophones for Nub:

• nampa, nypa, nbe, nabob, napa, nubby, namibia, nymph, navy, neap, napu, nave, naive, naif, nipa, nob, navaho, napaea, nape, NIMBY, nubia, nebe, nepa, nephew, napea, nebo, neva, nympho, nb, Nawab, Neve, NPA, nap, nab, nv, nov, niff, nip off, ninib, newbie, neb, neophobia, np, numb, new wave, nova, nun buoy, nbw, navvy, Niobe, niffy, nwbw, nippy, nib, nabu, N.B., nip, nymphaea, nappy, nineveh.

Hypernym for Nub:

• n.

  • object
    nubbin.

Hyponym for Nub:

• n.

  • object
    part, piece.
  • shape
    extrusion, jut, hump, protuberance, excrescence, gibbosity, protrusion, swelling, prominence, bump, gibbousness, bulge.