the nub of the matter
91gravamen — Synonyms and related words: axiom, bench mark, best part, better part, body, bulk, cardinal point, center, chief thing, climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, elixir, essence, essential, essential matter, flower, focus,… …
92axiom — Synonyms and related words: a belief, a priori principle, a priori truth, absolute fact, accepted fact, actual fact, adage, admitted fact, affirmation, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, apriorism, article of faith, assertion, assumed position,… …
93bench mark — Synonyms and related words: abode, area, bearings, bookmark, cairn, cardinal point, catstone, chief thing, climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, district, emplacement, essence, essential, essential matter, fundamental, gist,… …
94cornerstone — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, cardinal point, chief thing, climax, core, crisis, critical point, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, first stone, footstone, foundation stone, fundamental, gist, gravamen, great point, headstone,… …
95crisis — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, boom, bottoming out, breakers ahead, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, calamity, cardhouse, cardinal point, catastrophe, cause for alarm, chief thing, climacteric, climax, clutch, contingency,… …
96critical point — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, cardinal point, chief thing, climacteric, climax, clutch, convergence of events, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical juncture, crossroads, crucial period, crunch, crux, emergency, essence, essential,… …
97keystone — Synonyms and related words: apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, basis, bench mark, camber, cardinal point, ceilinged roof, chief thing, climax, concameration, concha, core, cornerstone, cove, crisis, critical point, crux, cupola,… …
98landmark — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, bookmark, cairn, cardinal point, catstone, chief thing, climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical, critical point, crucial, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, feature, fundamental, gist, gravamen …
99medium — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, actor, agency, agent, air brush, ambiance, ambience, ambient, amidships, ancilla, appliance, approach, arbitrator, arc, arc light, architect, art paper, atmosphere, atoms, autecology, author,… …
100milestone — Synonyms and related words: bench mark, bookmark, cairn, cardinal point, catstone, chief thing, climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, fundamental, gist, gravamen, great point, heart, high… …
