CENTRAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CENTRAL?

Need another word that means the same as “central”? Find 57 synonyms and 30 related words for “central” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Central” are: cardinal, fundamental, key, primal, middle, halfway, midway, mid, median, medial, mean, middling, intermediate, intermedial, inner, innermost, interior, nuclear, main, chief, principal, primary, leading, foremost, first, most important, predominant, dominant, prominent, most prominent, crucial, vital, essential, basic, staple, critical, pivotal, salient, prime, focal, premier, paramount, major, ruling, master, supreme, overriding, capital, ultimate, uppermost, highest, utmost, top, topmost, arch-, exchange, telephone exchange

Central as a Noun

Definitions of "Central" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “central” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
• A place with a high concentration of a specified type of person or thing.

Synonyms of "Central" as a noun (2 Words)

exchange	A move or short sequence of moves in which both players capture material of comparable value or particularly the exchange in which one captures a rook in return for a knight or bishop. Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace.
telephone exchange	Transmitting speech at a distance.

Usage Examples of "Central" as a noun

• You're in workaholic central here.

Central as an Adjective

Definitions of "Central" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “central” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Accessible from a variety of places.
• At the point or in the area that is in the middle of something.
• (of a vowel) articulated in the centre of the mouth.
• Having or denoting supreme power over a country or organization.
• In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.
• Of the greatest importance; principal or essential.
• Serving as an essential component.

Synonyms of "Central" as an adjective (55 Words)

arch-	Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
basic	Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis. Basic human rights.
capital	(of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty. Our capital concern was to avoid defeat.
cardinal	Serving as an essential component. A cardinal rule.
chief	Most important. The chief economist of a leading bank.
critical	Expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art. The reactor is due to go critical in October.
crucial	Having crucial relevance. A crucial election.
dominant	Denoting the predominant species in a plant or animal community. The dominant partner in the marriage.
essential	Basic and fundamental. Fibre is an essential ingredient of our diet.
first	Preceding all others in time or space or degree. Her first baby.
focal	Of or relating to a focus. Focal point.
foremost	Ranking above all others. One of the foremost art collectors of his day.
fundamental	Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something. The fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred.
halfway	Midway between two points. We ve reached the halfway point of the season.
highest	Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
inner	Innermost or essential. Join a choir and give voice to that inner diva who has been hidden away too long.
innermost	Being deepest within the self. Innermost beliefs and convictions.
interior	Situated further in or within. She thinks she has no soul no interior life but the truth is that she has no access to it.
intermedial	Coming between two things in time, place, or character; intermediate.
intermediate	Having or suitable for a level of knowledge or skill between basic and advanced. Intermediate capacity.
key	Serving as an essential component. She became a key figure in the suffragette movement.
leading	Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. The leading edge of technology.
main	(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence. By main strength.
major	Of a key based on a major scale tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. Jones major.
master	Denoting a person skilled in a particular trade and able to teach others. A heart warming story from a master storyteller.
mean	(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt. Chok d with ambition of the meaner sort.
medial	(of a speech sound) in the middle of a word. A medial consonant.
median	Denoting the middle term or mean of the middle two terms of a series arranged in order of magnitude For example the median number of the series 55 62 76 85 93 is 76. The median value of 17 20 and 36 is 20.
mid	Of or in the middle part or position of a range. In mid 1958.
middle	Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages. In the middle years.
middling	Neither very good nor very bad. The performance was middling at best.
midway	Situated in or towards the middle of something. He sensationally led the tournament at the midway point.
most important	Quantifier meaning the greatest in number.
most prominent	Quantifier meaning the greatest in number.
nuclear	Denoting relating to or powered by the energy released in nuclear fission or fusion. The nuclear core of the congregation.
overriding	Extending or moving over something, especially while remaining in close contact. Oceanic lithosphere beneath an overriding continental plate.
paramount	Having superior power and influence. The interests of the child are of paramount importance.
pivotal	Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else. A pivotal event.
predominant	Having or exerting control or power. The predominant political forces.
premier	Preceding all others in time. He holds the premier barony in the UK created in 1269.
primal	Serving as an essential component. Rivers were the primal highways of life.
primary	Of primary importance. His expert handling of the primary and secondary literature is clear on every page.
prime	(of a number) divisible only by itself and unity (e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11). Prime beef.
principal	Denoting an original sum invested or lent. The principal example.
prominent	Important; famous. A new theory is the most prominent feature of the book.
ruling	Currently exercising authority or influence. The ruling coalition.
salient	Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. The salient object in my view.
staple	Necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities. Wheat is a staple crop.
supreme	Highest in excellence or achievement. A unified force with a supreme commander.
top	Situated at the top or highest position. The top button of his shirt.
topmost	Highest in physical position; highest. We watched a squirrel negotiate the topmost branches of a nearby tree.
ultimate	Being the last or concluding element of a series. The ultimate insult.
uppermost	Highest in place, rank, or importance. The uppermost windows.
utmost	(comparatives of `far’) most remote in space or time or order. To the utmost degree.
vital	Full of spirit; full of life. The loss of vital heat in shock.

Usage Examples of "Central" as an adjective

• A central position.
• Coaches met at a central location.
• The station has a central courtyard.
• Central London.
• The central cause of the problem.
• His preoccupation with history is central to his work.
• Central government.

Associations of "Central" (30 Words)

center	Football the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback. His stories made him the center of the party.
chief	A person who exercises control over workers. It s quite simple chief.
civic	Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. He was active in the civic life of Swindon.
concentric	Of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same centre, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller. The revolving circle is concentric with the fixed outer circle.
core	Remove the core or center from. Bronzes that have been cast using a clay core.
crucial	Having crucial relevance. This game is crucial to our survival.
essential	(of a disease) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic. Essential tools and materials.
focal	Of or relating to a focus. Focal point.
fulcrum	The pivot about which a lever turns. Research is the fulcrum of the academic community.
halfway	At or to a point midway between two others. I woke up halfway through the night.
hub	The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes. The city s major transportation hub for bus and rail.
instrumental	The instrumental case. Instrumental error.
interim	An interim dividend profit etc. An interim arrangement.
intermediate	An intermediate thing. Intermediate stages in a process.
main	A principal cable carrying electricity. A main road.
meantime	Meanwhile. In the meantime I ll make some enquiries of my own.
meddlesome	Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. Heaven rid him of meddlesome politicians.
median	Denoting the middle term or mean of the middle two terms of a series arranged in order of magnitude For example the median number of the series 55 62 76 85 93 is 76. Acreages ranged from one to fifty two with a median of twenty four.
mid	Of or in the middle part or position of a range. The mid 17th century.
middle	In cricket tennis etc strike the ball with the middle of the bat racket or club. In his middle thirties.
middlebrow	A middlebrow person. Middlebrow fiction.
midst	The location of something surrounded by other things. In the midst of the crowd.
midway	Equally distant from the extremes. The kids head straight for the midway.
moderately	To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. The event was moderately successful.
neuter	The neuter gender. The Spirit is a neuter word in Greek.
neutral	An electrically neutral point terminal conductor or wire. The trial should be held on neutral ground.
pivot	A movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot while keeping the other the pivot foot in contact with the floor. He swung round pivoting on his heel.
pivotal	Being of crucial importance- Henry Kissinger. A sliding or pivotal motion.
principal	An actor who plays a principal role. She sent unruly pupils to see the principal.
proximal	Situated nearer to the centre of the body or the point of attachment. The proximal end of the forearm.