the nub of the matter
101nitty gritty — Synonyms and related words: absolute fact, accepted fact, axiom, bald fact, bare fact, brutal fact, center, circumstance, cold fact, conceded fact, core, datum, demonstrable fact, elixir, empirical fact, essence, essential, established fact, fact …
102pivot — Synonyms and related words: ankle, arbor, articulation, avert, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, bearing, bench mark, boundary, butt, cardinal point, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, cervix …
103sap — Synonyms and related words: abate, abri, approach trench, asshole, attenuate, axiom, babe, beverage, blood, blunt, boob, booby, bore, bunker, burrow, center, chump, cinch, communication trench, core, countermine, coupure, cramp, credulous person …
104sine qua non — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, boundary condition, cardinal point, catch, chief thing, clause, climax, condition, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, donnee, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, essence, essential …
105soul — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Geist, Muse, afflatus, an existence, anima, anima humana, animating force, animus, ardency, ardor, article, astral body, atman, axiom, ba, bathmism, beating heart, being, biological clock, biorhythm, blood,… …
106spirit — Synonyms and related words: Geist, Masan, Muse, abandon, abduce, abduct, activity, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, affective meaning, afflatus, aggression, aggressiveness, aim, air, airy nothing, alacrity, alcohol, ambitiousness, anima, anima …
107turning point — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, cardinal point, chief thing, climacteric, climax, clutch, contingency, convergence of events, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crucial period, crunch, crux,… …
108significance — [n1] meaning acceptation, bottom line*, connotation, drift, force, heart, implication, import, intendment, kicker*, meat*, message, name of the game*, nature of the beast*, nitty gritty*, nub, nuts and bolts*, point, punch line*, purport, score,… …
109distillation — Synonyms and related words: aeration, aerification, artifact, atomization, blazing, blistering, bolting, brainchild, branding, burning, calcination, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, child, cineration, clarification, coinage, colature,… …
110elixir — Synonyms and related words: axiom, balm, balsam, base, basis, broad spectrum drug, catholicon, center, compound, concentrate, concentration, core, cure, cure all, decoction, distillate, distillation, drops, drug, electuary, elixir of life, elixir …
