CORES Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

cores

noun

plural of core

as in hearts

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions in my very core I knew that an injustice was being committed

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Relevance

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest the capitol building is the core of the political life of the state

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as in kernels

the central part or aspect of something under consideration at last, we come to the core of the issue that has been dividing us

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as in bodies

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts a starfish can even survive the division of its core into two parts; both halves then regenerate

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as in middles

an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface the mountain rises from ground that is almost precisely at the island's core

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Recent Examples of cores Demand for transformers has surged, yet the US has only one domestic producer of the specialized electrical steel needed for transformer cores. — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Chip designer Arm has estimated that agentic AI data centers could need 120 million CPU cores per gigawatt, four times what traditional data centers require. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Meta squeezes two independent light-guiding cores into a single standard glass strand to double its bandwidth. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 White dwarfs form when stars with a mass roughly that of the sun run out of fuel and can no longer support themselves against their own gravity, causing their cores to collapse. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 This architecture has a lot in common with Apple's M-series chips, which also are built on Arm technology, with a mix of high-performance and energy-efficient cores. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 In all of these cases, however, separating the steel belt plies and bead cores from the rubber treads and sidewalls is a time- and labor-intensive process. — Ben Coxworth october 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026 And, for context on the deal, Best Buy recently restocked the M4 version of the Mac Mini with the same amount of storage (albeit with a less performant processor with fewer cores) for $799. — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cores

Noun

From elaborate cocktail shrimp towers down to pigs in a blanket and grape jelly meatballs in slow cookers, these dishes are returning to our homes and our hearts.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Our hearts are with his family, friends, teammates, and everyone who knew him.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hearts

Noun

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces carried out drone strikes on logistics centers, port infrastructure and three cargo ships in the port of Reni in the Odesa region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Paired with on-site energy storage, SSTs could turn data centers from blunt-force loads into more flexible participants in the grid.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

Noun

In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The arthropod group includes animals that are without a backbone or any bones at all, strictly speaking, their bodies being encased in a ringed, exterior tegument and having legs and, sometimes, wings.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of bodies

Noun

The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of middles

Noun

The world has lost one of its brightest lights and kindest souls.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
This narrative of the woes of leadership could serve as a cautionary tale for the few dozen men and women in both of America’s political parties currently searching their souls and consulting their spouses about whether to run for president.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of souls

Noun

Trump won the area handily in 2020 and 2024 and the arena placed the president hours away from the state’s blue-leaning hubs in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Should inventory be staged closer to fulfillment centers or major retail distribution hubs?

— Tom Wicky, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026