Synonyms for central

Synonyms for (noun) central

Synonyms: central, telephone exchange, exchange

Definition: a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

Similar words: work, workplace

Definition: a place where work is done

Usage: he arrived at work early today


Synonyms for (adj) central

Synonyms: central

Definition: in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

Usage: a central position

Similar words: amidship

Definition: located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft


Similar words: bicentric

Definition: having two centers


Similar words: bifocal

Definition: having two foci

Usage: bifocal eyeglasses


Similar words: center, middle, midway, halfway

Definition: equally distant from the extremes


Similar words: centered

Definition: being or placed in the center


Similar words: centric, centrical

Definition: having or situated at or near a center


Similar words: focal

Definition: having or localized centrally at a focus

Usage: focal point; focal infection


Similar words: medial, median

Definition: relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle


Similar words: middlemost, midmost

Definition: being in the exact middle


Similar words: nuclear

Definition: constituting or like a nucleus

Usage: annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis; the nuclear core of the congregation


Synonyms: cardinal, central, key, primal, fundamental

Definition: serving as an essential component

Usage: a cardinal rule; the central cause of the problem; an example that was fundamental to the argument; computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure

Similar words: important, of import

Definition: of great significance or value

Usage: important people; the important questions of the day


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