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Synonyms for nitty gritty
noun basic facts

kernel
substance
gist
core
fundamentals
essence
focus
reality

heart
quintessence
basics
soul
root
meat
bottom line
brass tacks

meat and potatoes
name of the game
nuts and bolts
chief part
chief thing
cold fact
essential details
essential part

hard fact
heart of the matter
important matter
the facts
the name of the game

Antonyms for nitty gritty

exterior
outside

surface
exteriority

Synonyms
noun center, gist

body
heart
substance
foundation
importance
essence
basis
focus
crux
nucleus

thrust
bottom line
root
origin
pivot
kernel
meat
purport
bulk
quick

midpoint
upshot
staple
middle
pith
amount
base
mass
burden
significance

consequence
import
corpus
nub
midst
meat and potatoes
main idea

Antonyms

exterior
outside
source
insignificance

covering
perimeter
surface
exteriority

cause
unimportance

Synonyms
noun meaning, essence

upshot
tenor
summary
kernel
force
point
idea
topic
sense
subject

bearing
pith
theme
score
significance
import
core
keynote
drift
short

burden
thrust
marrow
quintessence
spirit
substance
meat
basis
soul
heart

matter
stuff
bottom line
name of the game
nuts and bolts
punch line
nature of the beast

Antonyms

insignificance
exterior

outside
surface

meaninglessness
exteriority

Synonyms
noun indispensable content

core
profit
essence
reality
crux
income
basis

conclusion
determination
fiber
fundamentals
last word
loss
meat and potatoes

name of the game
net
nitty-gritty
nuts and bolts
point
final decision
key point

main idea
main point
main thing
sum and substance
whole story
what it’s all about

Synonyms
noun most important part

core
bottom line
nub
gist
essence

body
kernel
substance
meat
purport

nitty-gritty
heart
pith
thrust
matter

meat and potatoes
decisive point

Antonyms

exterior
outside

nothing
nothingness

trivia
exteriority

Synonyms
noun feature, specific aspect

schedule
structure
element
thing
part
design
plan
article
fact
point

nitty-gritty
peculiarity
respect
minutia
triviality
specification
nicety
cue
fraction
factor

trivia
trait
dope
technicality
component
specialty
accessory
particular
singularity
count

item
portion
brass tacks
chapter and verse
meat and potatoes
nuts and bolts
ABCs
circumstantiality
fine point
minor point

Antonyms

whole
entirety

generality
generalization

Synonyms
noun heart, significance

core
substance
nature
root
basis
character
soul
element
crux
meaning
principle
aspect
bottom line
reality

quality
spirit
structure
kernel
point
nitty-gritty
attribute
entity
caliber
nub
timber
constitution
bottom
germ

being
essentiality
life
fiber
form
fundamentals
backbone
base
nucleus
burden
marrow
quintessence
vein
meat

pith
stuff
grain
property
be-all and end-all
lifeblood
quiddity
chief constituent
essentia
main idea
name of game
virtuality

Antonyms

abstract
exterior

outside
top

exteriority

Synonyms
adj basic, fundamental

constitutional
elemental
underlying
key
inherent
main
intrinsic
absolute

prime
perfect
primitive
nitty-gritty
material
primary
ideal
cardinal

cold
nub
principal
basal
complete
congenital
deep-seated
elementary

inborn
inbred
innate
meat and potatoes
name of the game
quintessential
connate
substratal

Antonyms

learned
inessential
insignificant
nonessential
unimportant
extrinsic

incidental
imperfect
minor
auxiliary
subsidiary
atypical

secondary
acquired
flawed
wrong
accessory

Synonyms
noun necessity, basic

precondition
essence
requirement
element
condition
fundamental
requisite
principle

prerequisite
must
heart
substance
rudiment
nitty-gritty
guts
quintessence

stuff
groceries
bottom line
brass tacks
meat and potatoes
name of the game
nuts and bolts
part and parcel

sine qua non
ABCs
fire and ice
vital part
where one’s at

Antonyms

extra
cowardice
fear

auxiliary
trivia
accessory

nonessential
subsidiary
throwaway

Synonyms
noun basis for something physical or mental

infrastructure
groundwork
support
authority
base
bedrock
heart
footing

justification
bottom
nitty-gritty
root
guts
bed
prop
substratum

reason
basics
foot
stay
nub
ground
bottom line
brass tacks

nuts and bolts
underpinning
substructure
understructure
ABCs

Antonyms

cowardice
fear

exterior
outside

exteriority
top

Synonyms
noun basic, essential part

foundation
component
element
principle
factor
bottom line

law
cornerstone
heart
guts
rudiment
basis

nitty-gritty
rule
theorem
constituent
axiom
brass tacks

rock bottom
sine qua non
ABCs
coal and ice
principium

Antonyms

cowardice
fear
auxiliary

extra
subordinate
trivia

addition

Synonyms
noun essence, central part

core
center
soul
focus
middle
root

kernel
gist
hub
quintessence
nitty-gritty
bosom

seat
crux
pith
nucleus
basic
quick

marrow
nub
bottom line
focal point
polestar
coal and ice

Antonyms

exterior
outside
margin
cowardice

fear
periphery
surface
exteriority

border
head

Synonyms
noun message, signification

definition
substance
interpretation
connotation
essence
explanation
significance
effect
value
understanding
content
hint

context
sense
nuance
implication
spirit
subject
bearing
force
allusion
purport
nitty-gritty
tenor

import
use
point
upshot
worth
gist
drift
intimation
denotation
thrust
meat
heart

pith
stuff
suggestion
acceptation
bottom line
name of the game
nuts and bolts
subject matter
symbolization
nature of beast

Antonyms

exterior

outside

exteriority

Synonyms
noun core, gist

crux
upshot
heart
substance

meat
kernel
nitty-gritty
essence

point
pith
short
basic

nucleus
bottom line
meat and potatoes
nubbin

Antonyms

exterior

outside

exteriority

Synonyms
noun basic parts

basics
brass tacks
fundamentals
innards

mechanics
nitty-gritty
basic details
essentials

inner workings
no frills
no nonsense
practical details

practicalities
workings

Synonyms
noun detail

case
specific
article
fact
circumstance
rundown
picture
story

thing
nitty-gritty
specification
point
feature
scoop
element
item

cue
score
know
gospel
clue
bottom line
brass tacks
chapter and verse

nuts and bolts
speciality
facts of life
lowdown
whole story
ABC’s
what’s what

Antonyms

generality

Synonyms
noun goal, aim

objective
reason
end
nitty-gritty
motive
design
usefulness

cogency
nub
utility
use
intention
attraction
interest

significance
effectiveness
fascination
object
punch
validity
intent

purpose
appeal
charm
bottom line
name of the game
nuts and bolts
validness

Antonyms

ineffectiveness
repulsion
boredom
personality

whole
uselessness
invalidity
disinterest

bluntness
dullness

Synonyms
noun meaning, essence

question
idea
topic
matter
theme
score
subject
heart
force
nitty-gritty

text
argument
motive
proposition
motif
nub
pointer
tip
import
tip-off

core
head
gist
drift
crux
kicker
burden
thrust
marrow
meat

pith
stuff
bottom line
name of the game
nuts and bolts
punch line
subject matter
main idea

Antonyms

exterior
outside
surface

personality
whole
exteriority

bottom
bluntness
dullness

Synonyms
noun evidence, authentication

information
confirmation
picture
demonstration
argument
clue
reason
criterion
testimony
testament
validation
data

exhibit
wherefore
attestation
facts
witness
corroboration
record
nitty-gritty
cue
score
warrant
trace

averment
deposition
credentials
substantiation
why
case
goods
establishment
affidavit
scoop
skinny
clincher

grounds
chapter and verse
smoking gun
verification
certification
reasons
documents
grabber
lowdown
paper trail
straight stuff
whyfor

Antonyms

hypothesis

theory

Synonyms
noun fundamentals

foundation
basics
heart

nitty-gritty
guts
essentials

beginnings
principles
elements

ABCs
first principles

Antonyms

cowardice

fear

Synonyms
noun point, meaning

significance
value
understanding
matter
logic
message
heart
interpretation
purport
nitty-gritty
signification

nub
use
import
worth
core
good
nuance
gist
advantage
drift
reason

short
purpose
burden
upshot
thrust
definition
substance
meat
stuff
implication
acceptation

bottom line
meat and potatoes
name of the game
nuts and bolts
punch line
significancy
denotatiton
intendment
nature of the beast

Antonyms

insignificance
exterior
outside

surface
disadvantage
meaninglessness

exteriority

Synonyms
noun meaning

connotation
implication
understanding
sense
heart
force
meat

point
nitty-gritty
nub
purport
drift
stuff
kicker

signification
import
message
score
acceptation
bottom line
name of the game

nuts and bolts
punch line
significancy
intendment
nature of the beast

Antonyms

exterior
outside
insignificance

exteriority
meaninglessness
unimportance

triviality

Synonyms
noun essence, substance

matter
meat
heart
quintessence

nitty-gritty
bottom
soul
pith

essentiality
principle
marrow
staple

bottom line
nuts and bolts
virtuality

Antonyms

outside

exteriority

Synonyms
noun essence, meaning

strength
meat
effect
amount
stuff
significance
subject
kernel
guts
purport
nitty-gritty
tenor
innards

focus
sense
nub
staple
pith
point
theme
essentiality
import
corpus
body
core
gist

drift
bottom
crux
burden
upshot
thrust
marrow
quintessence
center
basis
soul
heart
matter

mass
bottom line
brass tacks
name of the game
nuts and bolts
gravamen
sum total
ABCs
general meaning
virtuality
way of it

Antonyms

cowardice
fear
exterior
outside

insignificance
nothing
nothingness
surface

periphery
poverty
exteriority

Synonyms
noun conditions, agreement

nitty-gritty
stipulation
rate
fee
charge
details
conclusion
proviso

provisions
premises
price
understanding
premise
reservation
provision
payment

condition
circumstances
treaty
fine print
small print
particulars
specifications
stipulations

provisos
qualifications
items
points
strings
size of it
what it is

Antonyms

disagreement

Synonyms
noun reality, validity

truthfulness
legitimacy
veracity
certainty
principle
authenticity
fact
accuracy
truism
nitty-gritty
maxim

facts
verisimilitude
factualness
score
actuality
axiom
rectitude
picture
dope
precision
genuineness

perfection
factuality
gospel
verity
case
infallibility
exactitude
correctness
exactness
scoop
rightness

gospel truth
inside track
trueness
naked truth
factualism
honest truth
plain talk
unvarnished truth
whole story

Antonyms

falsehood
inaccuracy
flaw
imperfection
untruth

dishonesty
disloyalty
lie
misrepresentation
falseness

imprecision
inexactness
invention

Synonyms
adj fundamental, latent

hidden
elemental
basic
prime
veiled
bottom
concealed

lurking
root
basal
cardinal
critical
crucial
elementary

essential
indispensable
intrinsic
necessary
nitty-gritty
nub
primary

primitive
radical
vital
needful
bottom-line
substratal

Antonyms

secondary

Synonyms
adj essential

necessary
key
integral
needed
fundamental
indispensable
crucial
urgent

important
imperative
critical
significant
basic
decisive
meaningful
cardinal

heavy
name
nitty-gritty
prerequisite
required
requisite
constitutive
bottom-line

coal-and-ice
life-or-death
meat-and-potatoes
name-of-the-game
underlined

Antonyms

inessential
unimportant
unnecessary
useless
needless
optional
voluntary

insignificant
nonessential
additional
extra
minor
trivial
uncritical

worthless
meaningless
sluggish
secondary
dull
dead
insignficant

Synonyms
noun fundamentals

foundation
nitty-gritty
rudiments

brass tacks
nuts and bolts
essentials

principles
elements
first steps

ABC’s
the three R’s

Synonyms
noun the facts

basics
facts
nitty-gritty

basic facts
cases
essential facts

essentials
realities
the dope

the scoop
the whole story
truth of the matter

Synonyms
noun fundamental parts

ball game
basis
bottom line

essence
gist
guts

name of the game
nitty-gritty
nuts and bolts

score
substance
gravamen

Synonyms
noun mechanical details

nitty-gritty
logistics

mechanism
nuts and bolts

workings
procedures

Synonyms
noun heart

basic
bosom
bottom line
center
core
crux
essence
focal point

focus
gist
hub
kernel
marrow
meat
middle
nitty-gritty

nub
nucleus
pith
quick
quintessence
root
seat
soul

spirit
stuff
substance
coal and ice
polestar

Synonyms
noun sense

logic
heart
interpretation
rationale
purport
nitty-gritty
rationalness
signification
message
nub
use
significance

upshot
worth
core
good
nuance
gist
advantage
drift
understanding
reason
short
purpose

burden
import
thrust
definition
substance
meat
value
matter
stuff
implication
acceptation
bottom line

meat and potatoes
name of the game
nuts and bolts
punch line
significancy
denotatiton
intendment
nature of the beast
rhyme or reason

Antonyms

exterior
outside
surface

insignificance
disadvantage
exteriority

meaninglessness

Synonyms
noun sense

heart
interpretation
rationale
purport
nitty-gritty
signification
message
nub
use
significance
upshot
worth

core
good
nuance
gist
advantage
drift
understanding
reason
short
rationality
burden
import

thrust
definition
substance
meat
value
matter
stuff
logic
implication
acceptation
purpose
bottom line

meat and potatoes
name of the game
nuts and bolts
punch line
significancy
denotatiton
intendment
nature of the beast
rhyme or reason

Antonyms

exterior
outside
surface

insignificance
disadvantage
exteriority

meaninglessness

Synonyms
noun meaning

acceptation
allusion
bottom line
connotation
context
definition
denotation
explanation
gist
hint
implication
intent
interpretation

intimation
name of the game
nitty-gritty
nuance
nuts and bolts
pith
purport
subject matter
upshot
use
worth
bearing
content

drift
effect
essence
force
heart
import
meat
message
nature of beast
point
sense
significance
signification

spirit
stuff
subject
substance
suggestion
symbolization
tenor
thrust
understanding
value

Synonyms
noun meaning

connotation
interpretation
allusion
point
nitty-gritty
essence
tenor
sense
force
message
subject
bearing
use

hint
purport
content
significance
import
worth
nuance
gist
explanation
drift
effect
understanding
intent

intimation
upshot
thrust
spirit
definition
substance
meat
context
value
heart
pith
stuff
suggestion

implication
acceptation
denotation
bottom line
name of the game
nuts and bolts
significancy
subject matter
symbolization
nature of beast

Antonyms

reality
insignificance
source

exterior
outside
cause

origin
exteriority