central

Meaning

Adj

1. Being in the centre.
2. Having or containing the centre of something.
3. Being very important, or key to something.
4. Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

Noun

center

Synonyms

middle

main

chief

principal

pivotal

center

capital

leading

centric

mid

important

exchange

centre

telephone exchange

polar

essential

cardinal

average

halfway

core

senior

fundamental

key

🔑

nodal

focal

centrical

downtown

major

primal

primary

head

prominent

salient

seam

seat

💺

soviet

staple

suture

telephonist

total

determining factor

medius

from the center

all

from the centre

between

bull

bull’s eye

cent

cephalic

complete

conspicuous

controlling

dominant

federal

general

governmental

half

in-between

inner

inner-city

interior

in the middle

mainline

median

middlemost

midmost

midtown

moderate

nerve center

nerve centre

neutral

overall

prime

principle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛntɹəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron); by surface analysis, centre + -al.

Sentences

The ecological crisis is central to this social analysis of the contemporary period .