Core

/kɔː/

Synonyms for "core" (443 found)

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Closest matches (89)

Noun(38 words)
gistcentercruxessenceheartaccounting materialityanimal cell nucleusbackbonebackbonesbase a claimbase the hypothesisbaselinebasic cognitive skillbasic physics coursebedrockbeingnessbellybellybuttonbodiesbowels
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bowstringbuilding blockburdencell nucleuscenter ofcenterpointcenterscentralcentral conceptcentral focuscentral governmentscentral hubcentral ideacentral officecentral principlecentral questioncentralscentre
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business districtcardinal pointcentercenter of actioncenter of gravitycentralcentral citycentroid
Adjective(23 words)
base assumptionbase conceptbase gamebase unitsbasicbasic biology conceptbasic designbasic english grammarbasic lab equipmentbasic levelbasic materialsbasic needsbasic operationbasic principlebasic scientific conceptbasic skillbig ideacentalcentral groupcentral motif
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central topiccentral valuecentric

Strong matches (133)

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east endeast sideelixirepicenterequatorequatorialequidistantessenceessentialessential matterfabricflowerfocusfoundationfundamentalghettogistgravamengreat pointgreenbelthalfwayheartheart of heartshigh pointhubhypostasisimportimportanceimportant thinginnerinner cityinner essenceinner landscapeinner lifeinner maninner natureinner recessinner selfinsideinsidesinterior
Noun(38 words)
computing infrastructurecongress of racial equalitycore groupcorercoringcriticalcruxesdrill coreeffectenginesentrailsessencesessentialextracteyefocifocus calmlyfocusingforegroundfoundational
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foundational conceptfruit centerfundamentfundamentalfundamental forcefundamentalityfundamentalsgeologic coregoverno centralgutgutshardcoreheart and soulhearthheartlandinfrastructure projectinnermost partintegral
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(33 words)
deep interiordeepest interioreducational foundationentricessential biology conceptessential conceptessential keywordessential micronutrientessential partessential questionsessential service provisionessential skills prioritizationfocalfoundational academic subjectfoundational chemistryfoundational logicfoundational pedagogical conceptfoundational skillfoundational skillsfoundational task
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foundational theoriesfoundational theoryfounding belieffundamental biology conceptfundamental chemical sciencefundamental ecological principlesfundamental interactionfundamental particlefundamental physical lawfundamental physics conceptsgeneral chemistry foundationgeneral education trackgerman grund

Related words (221)

interior manintermediaryintermediateinterninternalintradosinwardissuekernelkeystonelandmarklittle hungarylittle italymain pointmain thingmarrowmassmaterialmaterial pointmatter
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meanmeatmedialmedianmediocremediterraneanmediummedullamesialmetacentermezzomidmiddlemiddlemostmiddlingmidlandmidmostmidpointmidriffmidshipsmidstmidtownmidwaymilestonename of the gamenavenavelnitty grittynubnubbinnuclearnucleusnuts and boltsomphalosoriginoutskirtspenetraliapitpithpivotpointpostulateprinciplepurportquickquidquiddityquintessencereal issuerecaprecapitulationrecessrecessesred light districtred-light districtresidential districtresumerootrun throughrun-down neighborhoodrun-throughrundownsalient pointsapsecret placesecret placesseedsenseshopping centershortsignificancesine qua nonskid roadskid rowslumslumssoulspiritstaplestartstorm centerstrengthstuffsubjectsubstancesubstantive pointsubstratumsuburbiasuburbssumsum and substancesummarysummationtenderlointenement districttenorthe bottom linethe nitty-grittythe pointthemethickthick of thingsthrustturning pointumbilicusupshotuptownurban blightvital centervitalswaistwaistlinewest endwest sidezone
Noun(57 words)
inwardnesskaryonkernelkernelslexeme basemagnetic coremain ideamainstaymajor field of studymarrowmatter at handmeatmedullaemedullasmiddlesmidlandsmidsectionmilkmost essential datamost intrinsic
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most partmost structuralnaturesnavelsnecessarynexusnexusesnitty-grittynombrilnubnubsnucleinucleusnucleus-bearing adjectivepithpitsprimaryprimary focuspriority concernsremaining intactremoverock coreseed cavityseed chambershaftsinewssoulsstructural supportsubstancesubstance relatedsubstancessumthruststorsotorsostownwezen
Adjective(27 words)
key tenetmainmain academic subjectmain subjectmain thememajor fieldmetaphysical definitionminimal materialsnorwegian grunnpithiestpivotal turning-pointprimalprimary componentprimary indexprimary languagesprimary subjectprimitive methodsprofoundradical dataroman law principles
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solid matterstabilizing foundationstrategic goalstopsoillikeunderlyingunderlying biologyunderlying mechanism
Verb(2 words)
mainlinedthrust a blade

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

34 entries
NGObarcentercentral conceptcentrechambercognitive contentcomponentcontentcore outcurriculum termeducational descriptorelementfood preparationhollowhollow out

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More specific

15 entries
centerpiececore competencycore componentcore principlecore requirementcore skillcore standardcoringfruit centerheartice corenucleusoil corerock coreseed cavity

Collocations

11 entries
apple corecore conceptcore curriculumcore ideacore partcore samplecore skillscore standardscore temperaturecore valuesfruit core

Inflections

5 entries
coredcorescoringmore coremost core

Derivations

7 entries

slang related

2 entries

Translations

75 translations across 29 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • сърцеви́на noun (heart of a thing)
  • същина noun (most important part of a thing)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cor noun (heart of a thing)
  • nucli noun (heart of a thing)

Czech

3 entries
  • jádro noun (heart of a thing)
  • jádro noun (most important part of a thing)
  • podstata noun (most important part of a thing)

Dutch

3 entries
  • binnenste noun (heart of a thing)
  • kern noun (heart of a thing)
  • kern noun (most important part of a thing)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kerno noun (heart of a thing)

Finnish

2 entries
  • ydin noun (heart of a thing)
  • ydin noun (most important part of a thing)

French

2 entries
  • cœur noun (heart of a thing)
  • cœur noun (most important part of a thing)

German

2 entries
  • Kern noun (heart of a thing)
  • Kern noun (most important part of a thing)

Greek

1 entries
  • πυρήνας noun (most important part of a thing)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • לב noun (heart of a thing)
  • לב noun (most important part of a thing)
  • ליבה noun (heart of a thing)
  • ליבה noun (most important part of a thing)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • syän noun (most important part of a thing)

Irish

1 entries
  • croí noun (most important part of a thing)

Italian

4 entries
  • cuore noun (heart of a thing)
  • essenza noun (most important part of a thing)
  • fondamento noun (most important part of a thing)
  • nocciolo noun (heart of a thing)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries
  • ā-àutīng noun (heart of a thing)
  • ā-àutīng noun (most important part of a thing)

Middle English

1 entries
  • core noun (heart of a thing)

Māori

4 entries
  • mutu noun (most important part of a thing)
  • nape noun (heart of a thing)
  • nganga noun (heart of a thing)
  • tino noun (most important part of a thing)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kjerne noun (heart of a thing)
  • kjerne noun (most important part of a thing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kjerne noun (heart of a thing)
  • kjerne noun (most important part of a thing)

Polish

2 entries
  • jądro noun (heart of a thing)
  • rdzeń noun (heart of a thing)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cerne noun (heart of a thing)
  • cerne noun (most important part of a thing)
  • coração noun (most important part of a thing)
  • essência noun (most important part of a thing)

Romanian

3 entries
  • esență noun (most important part of a thing)
  • miez noun (heart of a thing)
  • miez noun (most important part of a thing)

Russian

3 entries
  • сердцеви́на noun (heart of a thing)
  • су́щность noun (most important part of a thing)
  • суть noun (most important part of a thing)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • cridhe noun (heart of a thing)
  • cridhe noun (most important part of a thing)
  • eitean noun (heart of a thing)
  • eitean noun (most important part of a thing)

Slovene

1 entries
  • jedro noun (most important part of a thing)

Spanish

4 entries
  • centro noun (heart of a thing)
  • cogollo noun (heart of a thing)
  • esencia noun (most important part of a thing)
  • meollo noun (most important part of a thing)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kärna noun (heart of a thing)

Turkish

3 entries
  • ana noun (most important part of a thing)
  • öz noun (heart of a thing)
  • öz noun (most important part of a thing)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • осе́рдя noun (heart of a thing)
  • су́тність noun (most important part of a thing)
  • суть noun (most important part of a thing)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • תּוך noun (heart of a thing)
  • תּוך noun (most important part of a thing)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

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That outfit is cottagecore.

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This is the core of the problem.

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He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator.

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The proverb's message struck me to the core.

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