Nucleus Synonyms and Antonyms

no͝oklē-əs, nyo͝o-
Essence
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. core
  2. kernel
  3. seed
  4. spark
  5. bud
  6. embryo
  7. cadre
  8. center
  9. gist
  10. germ
  11. cell nucleus
  12. crux
  13. focus
  14. heart
  15. nub
  16. heterochromatin
  17. basichromatin
  18. ring
  19. karyosome
  20. karyon
  21. core group
  22. meganucleus
  23. micronucleus
  24. nucleolus
  25. macronucleus
Basis
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. foundation
  2. premise
  3. crux
Antonyms:
  1. outside
  2. exterior
  3. exteriority
Center
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hub
  2. focus
  3. pivot
The central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lens nucleus

Words Related to Nucleus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Nucleus Sentence Examples

  • Starch exists, in the majority of cases, in the form of grains, which are composed of stratified layers arranged around a nucleus or hilum.

  • He discovered the nucleus of the cell.

  • The eggcell or oosphere is a large cell containing a single large nucleus, and in the green plants the rudiments of plastids.

  • They are more easily seen, when the nucleus is about to undergo mitosis, at the ends of the spindle, where they form the centres towards which the radiating fibres in.

  • In the spermatozoids of Chara, Vascular Cryptogams, and in those of Cycas, Zamia and Ginkgo, the cilia arise from a centrosome-like body which is found on one side of the nucleus of the spermatozoid mother-cell.

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