Core and Extension

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Core

Core noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Usage example: a starfish can even survive the division of its core into two parts; both halves then regenerate
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Antonyms for Core
Extension is an antonym for core.
Nearby Words: cored, coring

Extension

Extension noun - The act of making longer.
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Synonyms for Extension
Antonyms for Extension
Core is an antonym for extension.
Nearby Words: extend, extended, extent, extensive, extensively
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How words are described

human human core human extension
special special core special extension
complete complete core complete extension
entire entire core entire extension
Other adjectives: massive, large, little, organic, new, glowing, modified.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Marvel: Avengers Alliance X-Men Spec Ops, where you couldn't field core Avengers members in X-Men missions (and by extension, have Avengers members fight against each other) and vice versa.
    Source: Video Game / Marvel: Avengers Alliance
  • Both Raven (and by extension, his father Erieste) and Luna's last names are shoutouts to Otsdarva and Maximillian Thermidor from Armored Core: For Answer Taken a step further with the introduction of Maximillian Thermidor himself.
    Source: Roleplay / Kingdom Hearts The Unsung War Trilogy
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Extension and Core. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/extension
Core & Extension. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/extension>.
Extension or Core. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/extension.

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