Synonyms for crux
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Gist — the basic, central, or essential point or feature
gist, nub, essence, core, heart, substance, heart and soul, soul, pith, meat, kernel, marrow, bowels, gravamen, nitty-gritty informal, nuts and bolts, quintessence, inwardness dated, heartstring dated rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.
- n. 2
A puzzle or difficulty.
Related words
- Word family
- crucial crucible crucifix crucify
- Phrases
- crux ansata crux decussata
Forms
- Plural
- cruxes → gists, nubs, essences, cores…
Example sentences
- essence What do you think is the essence of the training?
- gist Did I understand the gist of the question correctly?
- nub The nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.
- riddle How much we still have to pay for peace is a riddle.
- conundrum The question of free will is a prickly conundrum to religion.
By length
- 3 letters
- nub1
- 4 letters
- soul1, core1, meat1, gist1, pith1
- 5 letters
- heart1
- 6 letters
- puzzle2, kernel2, marrow2, riddle2, enigma3, bowels2
- 7 letters
- essence2
- 8 letters
- gravamen3
- 9 letters
- substance2, conundrum3
- 10 letters
- inwardness
- 11 letters
- heartstring
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puzzle2 = 2 syllables).