Core and Source

Core

Core noun - The seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions.

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Source and core are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Source" instead a noun "Core".

Nearby Words: cored, coring

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Core and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Core" instead a noun "Source".

good	good core	good source
stable	stable core	stable source
original	original core	original source
true	true core	true source
Other adjectives: single, visible, strong, actual, real, massive, large, main, new, primary, magical.

Conventional explosives wired to a radioactive source, such as the plutonium core of a conventional nuclear explosive.

Source: Trick Bomb
One of the First Ones featured on Babylon 5 operated a planet whose power source was the core of a planet, retrofitted for space travel.

Source: Planet Spaceship
Tales of Graces has the Lastalia, the core of the planet Ephinea and the source of all eleth that gives life to the planet.

Source: The Very Definitely Final Dungeon

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Source and Core. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/source

Core & Source. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/source>.

Source or Core. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/core/source.

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