Need another word that means the same as “linchpin”? Find 21 synonyms for “linchpin” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Linchpin” are: lynchpin, anchor, backbone, keystone, mainstay, heart, nucleus, nub, hub, kernel, marrow, meat, centre, central point, centre of attention, pivot, cornerstone, kingpin, bedrock, basis, cynosure
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “linchpin” as a noun can have the following definitions:
anchor | An anchorman or anchorwoman. The European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe. |
backbone | The part of a network that connects other networks together. Prickles of sweat broke out along her backbone. |
basis | The system or principles according to which an activity or process is carried on. Trust is the only basis for a good working relationship. |
bedrock | The fundamental principles on which something is based. Honesty is the bedrock of a good relationship. |
central point | A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. |
centre | The filling in a chocolate. A conference centre. |
centre of attention | The faculty or power of mental concentration. |
cornerstone | A stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies. A national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy. |
cynosure | A person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration. Let faith be your cynosure to walk by. |
heart | One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards denoted by a red heart shaped figure. The heart of the matter. |
hub | The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes. The airport authority s policy promotes Manchester as an international hub. |
kernel | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. Pine kernels. |
keystone | A central cohesive source of support and stability. The keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money. |
kingpin | The most important person in a group or undertaking. The kingpins of the television industry. |
lynchpin | Pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on. |
mainstay | A central cohesive source of support and stability. Farming is the mainstay of the rural economy. |
marrow | The plant of the gourd family which produces marrows. Marrow donors. |
meat | The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry. We have talked at meat with this stranger. |
nub | The crux or central point of a matter. He pressed down on the two nubs on top of the phone. |
nucleus | The positively charged central core of an atom, consisting of protons and neutrons and containing nearly all its mass. The nucleus of a British film producing industry. |
pivot | The act of turning on or as if on a pivot. The pivot of community life was the chapel. |
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