NITTY-GRITTY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   Synonym(s)
   • center (what does center mean?)
   • core (what does core mean?)
   • essence (what does essence mean?)
   • gist (what does gist mean?)
   • heart (what does heart mean?)
   • heart and soul (what does heart and soul mean?)
   • inwardness (what does inwardness mean?)
   • kernel (what does kernel mean?)
   • marrow (what does marrow mean?)
   • meat (what does meat mean?)
   • nub (what does nub mean?)
   • pith (what does pith mean?)
   • substance (what does substance mean?)
   • sum (what does sum mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the gist of the prosecutor’’s argument
   • the heart and soul of the Republican Party
   • the nub of the story
   Hypernyms(s) nitty-gritty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • content (what does content mean?)
   • cognitive content (what does cognitive content mean?)
   • mental object (what does mental object mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bare bones (what does bare bones mean?)
   • hypostasis (what does hypostasis mean?)
   • quiddity (what does quiddity mean?)
   • haecceity (what does haecceity mean?)
   • quintessence (what does quintessence mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • summate (what does summate mean?)