Synonyms for kernel
ˈkɜr nlker·nel

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1. kernelnoun

   Antonyms:
   userland

2. kernelnoun

   Antonyms:
   support

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1. kernel, meatnoun

   the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

   "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"

   Synonyms:
   center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, marrow, nub, centre, inwardness, essence, core, meat, pith, heart and soul, substance

2. kernelnoun

   a single whole grain of a cereal

   "a kernel of corn"

   Synonyms:
   center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, marrow, nub, centre, inwardness, essence, core, meat, pith, heart and soul, substance

3. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

   Synonyms:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

Matched Categories

1. • Content
   • Grain
   • Plant Part

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1. kernelnoun

   Synonyms:
   seed, grain, nucleus, gist, core, pith, substance, essence, marrow

   Associated words:
   enucleate, enucleation, exacinate, exacination

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1. List of paraphrases for "kernel":

   almond, grain, core, nucleus

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How to use kernel in a sentence?

1. Anthony Norvell:

   Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.

2. Jennifer Morgan:

   The most important kernel ... has both parties committing to taking stock every five years.

3. Francis Quarles:

   In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is.

4. Hannah More:

   One kernel is felt in a hogshead one drop of water helps to swell the ocean a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

5. Henrik Ibsen:

   Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace and happiness.