central

Meanings

Plural: centrals

Noun

a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
center

Adjective Satellite

serving as an essential component
- "the central cause of the problem"

Adjective

in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
- "a central position"

Adj

Being in the centre.
Having or containing the centre of something.
Being very important, or key to something.
Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
Of an element of an algebraic structure: which commutes with all other elements under multiplication
Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
Of a unital algebra over a field: whose center is exactly equal to the image of the base field

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

cardinal, dominant, exchange, fundamental, key, main, primal, principal, telephone exchange

Antonyms

peripheral

Scrabble Score: 9

central is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
central is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
central is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

central is a valid Words With Friends word