central

/sˈɛntɹəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. serving as an essential component
   “a cardinal rule”
2. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
   “a central position”

noun

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

Synonyms for central

• cardinal
• fundamental
• key
• primal
• important
• amidship
• bicentric
• bifocal
• center
• centered
• centric
• focal
• median
• middlemost
• nuclear
• telephone exchange
• exchange

Antonyms of central

• peripheral

Words that rhyme with central

• ventral
• entrail