Nucleus

/ˈnjuː.kli.əs/

Synonyms for "nucleus" (145 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(7 words)
alpha particleanlageantibaryonantileptonantimesonatomic nucleusatomic particleaxiomaxisbaryonbasichromatinbeta particlebudcentercenter of actioncenter of gravitycentroidcentrumchromatinchromatin strands
Adjective(2 words)
centalcentral group

Strong matches (44)

Related words (72)

Noun(4 words)
kernelslens nucleusnexusnuclear compartment
Adjective(2 words)
simple subjectsolid core

Related word relations

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More general

16 entries
anatomical structurebiological structurebodily structurebody structurecell componentcell organcell organellecell structurecentercentrecomplex body partmidpointneural structureorganellesetstructure

More specific

4 entries

Collocations

6 entries
cell nucleuscontrol centergenetic materialnuclear envelopenuclear membranenuclear pore

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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You two are the nucleus of the team.

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A great deal of energy is locked up in the nucleus.

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Electrons orbit around the nucleus of the atom.

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Protons can be found at the nucleus of an atom.

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