Synonyms and Antonyms of nub
1
a small uneven mass
- throw a nub of butter into the frying pan
blob, chunk, clod, clot, clump, dollop, glob, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, lump, nubble, nugget, wad
bead, drop, globule
block, body, bulk
particle, piece, portion
bit, chip, crumb, granule, morsel, nubbin, patch, scrap
2
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
- the nub of the argument is that the intelligence agencies failed the country
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
course, direction, drift, tenor
body, content, substance
hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis
