nitty-gritty

Noun

Meaning

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

nitty gritty

Synonyms

center centre nub core heart meat substance essence kernel marrow gist pith inwardness ABCs point
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Antonyms

trivia details deets peripherals subtleties technicalities
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Hypernyms

content cognitive content mental object

Hyponyms

quintessence stuff hypostasis quiddity bare bones haecceity

Examples

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. David Miliband

Any skills that I have, I couldn't really make money with them. I would like to think that maybe I would be doing something in psychology or something of that nature because I love that vein of medicine - the getting down and getting nitty-gritty. Ian Harding

the gist of the prosecutor's argument Source: Internet

the heart and soul of the Republican Party Source: Internet

the nub of the story Source: Internet

As it announced measures pretended to be in the best interest of Malawians to keep the virus at bay, nitty-gritty details were either deliberately omitted or never thought through. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Nitto Nittolo nitty nitweed nitwit nitwitted