Synonyms for nitty-gritty
- basics
- core
- essence
- focus
- fundamentals
- gist
- heart
- kernel
- meat
- quintessence
- reality
- root
- soul
- substance
- bottom line
- brass tacks
- chief part
- chief thing
- cold fact
- essential details
- essential part
- hard fact
- heart of the matter
- important matter
- meat and potatoes
- name of the game
- nuts and bolts
- the facts
- the name of the game
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Antonyms for nitty-gritty
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RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR NITTY-GRITTY
basics
nounfundamentalsbottom line
nounindispensable contentcrux
nounmost important partdetail
nounfeature, specific aspect- ABCs
- accessory
- article
- brass tacks
- chapter and verse
- circumstantiality
- component
- count
- cue
- design
- dope
- element
- fact
- factor
- fine point
- fraction
- item
- meat and potatoes
- minor point
- minutia
- nicety
- nitty-gritty
- nuts and bolts
- part
- particular
- peculiarity
- plan
- point
- portion
- respect
- schedule
- singularity
- specialty
- specification
- structure
- technicality
- thing
- trait
- trivia
- triviality
essence
nounheart, significance- aspect
- attribute
- backbone
- base
- basis
- be-all and end-all
- being
- bottom
- bottom line
- burden
- caliber
- character
- chief constituent
- constitution
- core
- crux
- element
- entity
- essentia
- essentiality
- fiber
- form
- fundamentals
- germ
- grain
- kernel
- life
- lifeblood
- main idea
- marrow
- meaning
- meat
- name of game
- nature
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nucleus
- pith
- point
- principle
- property
- quality
- quiddity
- quintessence
- reality
- root
- soul
- spirit
- structure
- stuff
- substance
- timber
- vein
- virtuality
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