Definition for Central:

• Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre; as, the central courts of the United States, are those located in the city of Washington, whose jurisdiction extends over the whole country. These are, first, the Senate of the United States, when organized to try impeachments; secondly, the Supreme Court of the United States.

Synonyms for Central:

• adj.

  •central (adjective)
  • core,
  • interior,
  • innermost,
  • midway,
  • pivotal.
  •domestic (adjective)
  • home.
  •focal (adjective)
  • essential,
  • convergent,
  • asymptotic.
  •important (adjective)
  • all-consuming,
  • epoch-making,
  • sacred,
  • historic,
  • major league,
  • major,
  • sacrosanct,
  • substantial,
  • significant,
  • hot,
  • critical,
  • high,
  • real,
  • serious,
  • world-shaking,
  • monumental,
  • eternal,
  • material,
  • signal,
  • vital,
  • weighty,
  • mere,
  • special,
  • telling.
  •intervening (adjective)
  • mid.
  •intrinsic (adjective)
  • implicit,
  • elemental,
  • inseparable,
  • deep down,
  • inwoven,
  • unalienable,
  • ingrained,
  • inherent,
  • integral,
  • built-in,
  • component.
  •inward (adjective)
  • intestinal,
  • internal,
  • subjective,
  • heart,
  • inward,
  • visceral.
  •middle (adjective)
  • half,
  • mean,
  • average,
  • half-and-half,
  • mediocre,
  • axial,
  • medium,
  • centralized,
  • geocentric,
  • middling,
  • Bisecting,
  • middle-of-the-road.

• n.

  •
  • informal.
  •artifact (noun)
  • telephone exchange,
  • exchange.
  •central (noun)
  • centrical,
  • medial,
  • nuclear,
  • middle,
  • of import,
  • bifocal,
  • centered,
  • key,
  • centric,
  • bicentric,
  • center,
  • median,
  • important,
  • amidship,
  • fundamental.
  •fundamental (noun)
  • principal,
  • prime,
  • necessary.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • utilitarian,
  • metaphysical,
  • abstract,
  • theoretical,
  • experiential,
  • revisionist,
  • inmost,
  • contagious,
  • anthropocentric,
  • ideological,
  • preconceived,
  • uptown,
  • discretionary,
  • set,
  • confucian,
  • strictly,
  • black and white,
  • mechanistic,
  • contradictory,
  • faceless,
  • optimistic,
  • mistaken,
  • warmed-over,
  • thoughtfully,
  • utopian,
  • muddle-headed,
  • uncontroversial,
  • circular,
  • defensible,
  • nonconformist,
  • loud,
  • introspective,
  • Nodal,
  • technical,
  • received,
  • deep,
  • conceptual.
  •
  • structural,
  • off-center,
  • tiered,
  • absolutist,
  • thoughtful,
  • weak.
  •
  • umbrella.
  •
  • flat.
  •general
  • federal.

Paraphrases for Central:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    non-centralized.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    cental, centre-stage, paramount, overarching, cardinal, overriding, decentralized, integral, capital, southcentral, prominent, indispensable, primordial, sino-european, principle, Nodal, preponderant, imperative, one-stop, determinant.
  • Proper noun, singular
    allocations, Criteria, assignments, acquisitions, Securities, institutions, forces, deposits, Its, centre, centres, centraal.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    shouting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exists.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    pivotal, fundamental, central-level, centralized, center, centralised, instrumental, centrally, centre, decisive, substantial, predominant.
  • Proper noun, singular
    centralized, center, centralised, centrally.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    centrality, center, centre.
  • Verb, base form
    centre.

Antonyms for Central:

• adj.

  • all
    peripheral.
  • main, principal; in the middle
    inferior, additional, secondary, nonessential, extra, outer, insignificant, minor, auxiliary, exterior, unsubstantial, subordinate, inessential, unimportant, outside, trivial, extreme.
  • Other antonyms:
    last, incendiary, farthermost, furthest, agitating, excessive, subsidiary, exciting, inflammatory, least, rabid, reactionary, outmost, utmost, revolutionist, furthermost, extremist, inconsiderable, radical, provocative, rabble-rousing, provoking, dissenting, outermost, fanatic, subversive, rightist, remotest, leftist, slight, collateral, conservative, ultra, progressive, negligible, inconsequential, revolutionary, farthest, violent, trifling, liberal.

Holonyms for Central:

• n.

  • artifact
    telephone system, phone system.

Hypernym for Central:

• n.

  • artifact
    patchboard, plugboard, centrex, switchboard.

Hyponym for Central:

• n.

  • artifact
    workplace, work.