Usually means: Essential element holding things together.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word lynchpin:

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  1. lynchpin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lynchpin: Merriam-Webster
  3. lynchpin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lynchpin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lynchpin: Vocabulary.com
  6. lynchpin: Wordnik
  7. lynchpin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. lynchpin: Wiktionary
  9. lynchpin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. lynchpin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. lynchpin: Dictionary.com
  12. Lynchpin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. lynchpin: Rhymezone
  14. lynchpin: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lynchpin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. lynchpin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lynchpin: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of linchpin [A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.]
▸ verb:  Alternative form of linchpin [(ambitransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security.]

Similar:
linchpin, anchor, mainstay, backbone, tie pin, hair pin, crank pin, push-pin, bobbypin, pin-point, more...

Opposite:
key, essential, critical, vital

Types:
key, crucial, essential, pivotal, central, foundational, cornerstone, linchpin, more...

Adjectives:
crucial, critical, ideological, philosophical, important, central, major, essential

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Similar:
linchpin, anchor, mainstay, backbone, tie pin, hair pin, crank pin, push-pin, bobbypin, pin-point, more...

Opposite:
key, essential, critical, vital

Types:
key, crucial, essential, pivotal, central, foundational, cornerstone, linchpin, more...

Adjectives:
crucial, critical, ideological, philosophical, important, central, major, essential



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