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