Central definition
Central is an adjective meaning "serving as an essential component." It has 3 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Central as an adjective
serving as an essential component
"the central cause of the problem"
Same sense: key, fundamental, cardinal, primal
in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
"a central position"
Central as a noun
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
Same sense: exchange, telephone exchange
Synonyms and antonyms
- key definition
- fundamental
- cardinal
- primal
- exchange
- telephone exchange
Opposite: peripheral.
How to say central
Central has 2 syllables and rhymes with ventral. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with central
- ventral
CENTRAL in word games
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Anagrams
- 0
Is CENTRAL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CENTRAL in the word checker, or unscramble CENTRAL to see the shorter words in its letters.
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