nexus | Definition of nexus

Synonyms and Antonyms of nexus

1 a series of things linked together

the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships

Synonyms of nexus

catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, consecution, progression, sequence, string, train

Words Related to nexus

belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle)

continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum

flow, river, stream

file, line, queue, range, row, succession

2 a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest

as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history

Synonyms of nexus

axis, base, capital, center, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nucleus, omphalos, seat

Words Related to nexus

happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland

kernel, nub, pith

essence, quintessence, soul

attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

Phrases Synonymous with nexus