Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crux

2 senses of crux

Sense 1
Southern Cross, Crux, Crux Australis -- (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 2
crux, crux of the matter -- (the most important point)
       => point -- (a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point")