FULCRUM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FULCRUM?

Need another word that means the same as “fulcrum”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “fulcrum” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Fulcrum” are: central shaft, axis, axle, swivel, pin, hub, spindle, hinge, pintle, kingpin, gudgeon, trunnion

Fulcrum as a Noun

Definitions of "Fulcrum" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fulcrum” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The point against which a lever is placed to get a purchase, or on which it turns or is supported.
• The pivot about which a lever turns.
• A thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation.

Synonyms of "Fulcrum" as a noun (12 Words)

axis	The central column of an inflorescence or other growth. The Anglo American axis.
axle	A shaft on which a wheel rotates. Axle grease.
central shaft	A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
gudgeon	Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
hinge	A natural joint which performs a function similar to that of a man made hinge for example that of a bivalve shell. His absence is the hinge of our plan.
hub	A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve. The city has always been the financial hub of the country.
kingpin	A main or large bolt in a central position. The kingpins of the television industry.
pin	A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer s garment. A gold and diamond lapel pin.
pintle	A pin or bolt on which a rudder or other part turns.
spindle	A Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles. Chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis.
swivel	A coupling between two parts enabling one to revolve without turning the other.
trunnion	A pin or pivot forming one of a pair on which something is supported.

Usage Examples of "Fulcrum" as a noun

• Research is the fulcrum of the academic community.

Associations of "Fulcrum" (30 Words)

absorbed	Giving or marked by complete attention to. The absorbed light intensity.
center	The person who plays center on a hockey team. It is in the center of town.
centered	Being or placed in the center.
central	In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area. The station has a central courtyard.
centrality	The quality or fact of being in the middle of somewhere or something. He believes that the location s centrality can only be an added advantage for guests.
circle	Something in the shape of a circle. The lamp spread a circle of light.
concentration	Strengthening the concentration as of a solute in a mixture by removing diluting material. The gas can collect in dangerous concentrations.
concentric	Of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same centre, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller. Concentric rings.
core	Remove the core or center from. Each core has three wires passing through it providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit.
crucial	Having crucial relevance. Negotiations were at a crucial stage.
focal	(of a disease or medical condition) occurring in one particular site in the body. Focal infection.
focus	Adjust the focus of a telescope camera or other instrument. Try to focus on a stationary object.
halfway	At half the distance; at the middle. I woke up halfway through the night.
homocentric	Having a common center.
hub	The effective centre of an activity, region, or network. The kitchen was the hub of family life.
importance	A prominent status. A person of importance.
inmost	Innermost.
instrumental	The instrumental case. Instrumental error.
intensive	An intensive adjective adverb or particle an intensifier. She undertook an intensive Arabic course.
keynote	Set the keynote of. Individuality is the keynote of the Nineties.
lever	Lift or move with a lever. She levered herself up against the pillows.
main	A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage. The main problem is one of resources.
middle	Put in the middle. A whole is that which has beginning middle and end.
midway	In between one thing and another in character. A midway path is chosen between the diverging aspirations of the two factions.
pivot	The act of turning on or as if on a pivot. The government s reaction pivoted on the response of the Prime Minister.
pivotal	Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else. A sliding or pivotal motion.
point	Give a sharp tapered point to. Local kennels are full to bursting point.
position	An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute. Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life.
swivel	Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel. She swivelled her eyes round.
thereabout	Near that place. He stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks.