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central

/ˈsɛntɹ(ə)l/noun, adjective2 syllables

Central means: in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.

Synonyms for central29

noun, as in a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

telephone exchange, exchange

adjective, as in in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

amidship, bicentric, bifocal, center, halfway, middle, midway, centre, centered, centred, centric, centrical, focal, median, medial, middlemost, midmost, nuclear

adjective, as in serving as an essential component

cardinal, fundamental, key, primal, important, of import

also used for central

dominant, main, principal

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Opposites of central

peripheral

What does central mean?3

adjective

1

in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area“a central position”

2

serving as an essential component“a cardinal rule”

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with central?1

two syllables

ventral
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Central in a sentence

  • It has to be a four-star hotel, and central.unknown
  • Central nervous system consists of brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord.unknown
  • Mean was ussed as the measure of central tendency for normally distributed data.JFMorais
  • Sami was transferred to the central traffic division.OsoHombre
  • The marketplace is the city's central public square.sundown
  • This is the central problem of postwar immigration.unknown
  • What is the central aim of this plan?Jesse
  • Here the authors touch on the central methodological issue.unknown

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Forms of central

as a noun

plural
centrals

as a adjective

superlative
centralmost