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nexus
noun
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 catena, catenation, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, sequence, string, train
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 axis, base, capital, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seat
Related Words headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar
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