NUB 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?)
   • nitty-gritty (what does nitty-gritty 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) nub 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?)
2. Meaning
   • a small piece
   Synonym(s)
   • stub (what does stub mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a nub of coal
   • a stub of a pencil
   Hypernyms(s) nub is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • piece (what does piece mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nubbin (what does nubbin mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a small lump or protuberance
   Synonym(s)
   • nubble (what does nubble mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) nub is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bulge (what does bulge mean?)
   • bump (what does bump mean?)
   • hump (what does hump mean?)
   • gibbosity (what does gibbosity mean?)
   • gibbousness (what does gibbousness mean?)
   • jut (what does jut mean?)
   • prominence (what does prominence mean?)
   • protuberance (what does protuberance mean?)
   • protrusion (what does protrusion mean?)
   • extrusion (what does extrusion mean?)
   • excrescence (what does excrescence mean?)