Antonyms for Nucleus
ˈnu kli əs, ˈnyu-; -kliˌaɪnu·cle·us

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1. nucleus

   Synonyms:
   core, central part, center, kernel

Matched Categories

1. • Atom
   • Center
   • Comet
   • Neural Structure
   • Set
   • Structure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. nucleus, cell nucleus, karyonnoun

   a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

   Synonyms:
   core group, lens nucleus, core, karyon, cell nucleus, nucleus

2. nucleusnoun

   the positively charged dense center of an atom

   Synonyms:
   core group, lens nucleus, core, karyon, cell nucleus

3. core, nucleus, core groupnoun

   a small group of indispensable persons or things

   "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, meat, nucleus, core group, sum, inwardness, gist, heart and soul, lens nucleus, effect, substance, nub, center, burden, centre, kernel, magnetic core, essence, core, heart, karyon, marrow, pith, cell nucleus

4. nucleusnoun

   (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail

   Synonyms:
   core group, lens nucleus, core, karyon, cell nucleus

5. nucleusnoun

   any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord

   Synonyms:
   core group, lens nucleus, core, karyon, cell nucleus

6. lens nucleus, nucleusnoun

   the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

   Synonyms:
   lens nucleus, core, core group, karyon, cell nucleus, nucleus

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1. nucleusnoun

   Synonyms:
   kernel, core, heart, center

How to use Nucleus in a sentence?

1. Craig Corcoran:

   We’re a powerful nucleus, all of us together. There is nothing we should be afraid of, all of these countries will respond together and they will get theirs, without question.

2. Gary Cohn:

   We had an interesting nucleus of people when I was in Trump White House -- the initial team. We were not bashful. It was a group that was willing to tell the President what he needed to know, whether he wanted to hear it or not.

3. Viola Davis:

   [ Actors ] are in the business of creating human beings, of finding out what makes you tick -- the psychological pathology, pathology is the study of tumors. Acting is a study of' What is your tumor ? What is that nucleus ?' And in order to do that, I felt like if I took that wig off... what it's going to force the writer to do is write the woman.

4. Tunisian Defence Minister Farhat Harchani:

   We will participate in the formation of the nucleus of the Libyan army and security forces in Tunisia. This is our duty and we will help Libya to get it done.

5. Joss Bland-Hawthorn:

   This can only be done radiatively from the monster at the galaxys nucleus.

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