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