Synonyms for nuts and bolts
- noun
All synonyms
Noun
heart, meat, kernel, marrow, gist, nub, pith, quintessence, gravamen, nitty-gritty informal, crux, inwardness
Definitions
- n. 1
The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate.
It's really not so hard, once you know the nuts and bolts of the editing process.
Example sentences
- meat Tom bought some expensive meat to cook for dinner.
- kernel There is a kernel of truth in what Tom is saying.
- marrow Mesenchymal stem cells are found in the bone marrow.
- 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.
- pith We need to discuss the pith of the matter.
By length
- 3 letters
- nub1
- 4 letters
- meat1, gist1, crux1, pith1
- 5 letters
- heart1
- 6 letters
- kernel2, marrow2
- 8 letters
- gravamen3
- 10 letters
- inwardness
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (kernel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rudiments