Central

//ˈsɛntɹ(ə)l//

Synonyms for "central" (257 found)

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Closest matches (52)

focal halfway medial middlemost nuclear primal aboriginal accented all-absorbing alveolar amidship amidships apical apico-alveolar apico-dental arch articulated assimilated automatic exchange average

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Adjective(1 words)

big

Adjective(1 words)

cardinal

Strong matches (77)

Related words (128)

long distance low machine-switching office magisterial main master material mean median mediocre mediterranean medium mesial mezzo mid middle middle-of-the-road middling midland midmost

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Adjective(7 words)

main noticeable ominous portentous principal remarkable top of mind

Adjective(1 words)

primal

Noun(1 words)

telephone exchange

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

2 entries

work workplace

Antonyms

1 entries

peripheral

Synonyms

1 entries

primal

Related terms

1 entries

center

derived

141 entries

Australian Central Daylight Time Ballarat Central Bundaberg Central Canberra Central Central Africa Time Central African Federation Central American bushmaster Central Anatolia Central Bedfordshire Central Bohemian Region Central Bridge Central City Central Coast Central Coaster Central Colo Central Daylight Time

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has context

1 entries

anatomy

is a

1 entries

workplace

part of

1 entries

telephone system

related to

9 entries

center centre clackmannanshire falkirk london underground region scotland stirling stirlingshire

similar

31 entries

amidship bicentric bifocal center centered centre centred centric centrical focal

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Translations

130 translations across 71 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

qendror adj (being in the centre)

Arabic

2 entries

مَرْكَزِيّ adj (being in the centre)
وسْطاني adj (being in the centre)

Armenian

1 entries

կենտրոնական adj (being in the centre)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

mərkəzi adj (being in the centre)

Bavarian German

3 entries

zenträu adj (being in the centre)
zenträu adj (being very important)
zenträu adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Belarusian

1 entries

цэнтра́льны adj (being in the centre)

Bengali

1 entries

কেন্দ্রীয় adj (being in the centre)

Bulgarian

3 entries

гла́вен adj (being very important)
центра́лен adj (being in the centre)
центра́лен adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Burmese

1 entries

ဗဟို adj (being in the centre)

Catalan

3 entries

central adj (being in the centre)
central adj (being very important)
central adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ناوەندی adj (being in the centre)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

中央 adj (being in the centre)

Czech

3 entries

centrální adj (being in the centre)
centrální adj (having or containing the centre of something)
ústřední adj (being in the centre)

Danish

1 entries

central adj (being in the centre)

Dutch

2 entries

centraal adj (being in the centre)
centraal adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Estonian

3 entries

keskne adj (being in the centre)
keskne adj (having or containing the centre of something)
tsentraalne adj (being in the centre)

Finnish

4 entries

keskeinen adj (being very important)
keski adj (being in the centre)
keskus adj (being in the centre)
keskus adj (having or containing the centre of something)

French

2 entries

central adj (being in the centre)
central adj (being very important)

Friulian

1 entries

centrâl adj (being in the centre)

Galician

2 entries

central adj (being in the centre)
central adj (being very important)

Georgian

1 entries

ცენტრალური adj (being in the centre)

German

4 entries

mittig adj (being in the centre)
zentral adj (being in the centre)
zentral adj (being very important)
zentral adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Greek

3 entries

κεντρικός adj (being in the centre)
κεντρικός adj (being very important)
κεντρικός adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Hebrew

2 entries

מֶרְכָּזִי adj (being in the centre)
מרכזי adj (being very important)

Hindi

1 entries

केंद्रीय adj (being in the centre)

Hungarian

1 entries

központi adj (being in the centre)

Indonesian

2 entries

sentral adj (being in the centre)
sentral adj (being very important)

Ingrian

1 entries

tsentraljnoi adj (being in the centre)

Italian

4 entries

centrale adj (being in the centre)
centrale adj (being very important)
centrale adj (having or containing the centre of something)
fondamentale adj (being very important)

Japanese

4 entries

中央の adj (being in the centre)
中心の adj (being in the centre)
中心の adj (being very important)
中心の adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Kazakh

1 entries

орталық adj (being in the centre)

Khmer

1 entries

កណ្ដាល adj (being in the centre)

Korean

3 entries

가운데 adj (being in the centre)
중심 adj (being in the centre)
중앙 adj (being in the centre)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

борбордук adj (being in the centre)

Lao

1 entries

ກາງ adj (being in the centre)

Latin

1 entries

medius adj (being in the centre)

Latvian

1 entries

centrāls adj (being in the centre)

Lithuanian

1 entries

centrinis adj (being in the centre)

Lombard

1 entries

central adj (being in the centre)

Macedonian

4 entries

главен adj (being very important)
средишен adj (being in the centre)
средишен adj (having or containing the centre of something)
централен adj (being in the centre)

Malay

2 entries

pusat adj (being in the centre)
sentral adj (being in the centre)

Marathi

1 entries

केंद्रीय adj (being in the centre)

Mongolian

2 entries

төв adj (being in the centre)
төвийн adj (being in the centre)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sentral adj (being in the centre)

Old English

1 entries

middel adj (being in the centre)

Pashto

4 entries

مرکزي adj (being in the centre)
منځنی adj (being in the centre)
منځنی adj (being very important)
منځنی adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Persian

1 entries

مرکزی adj (being in the centre)

Piedmontese

1 entries

central adj (being in the centre)

Polish

3 entries

centralny adj (being in the centre)
centralny adj (being very important)
środkowy adj (being in the centre)

Portuguese

2 entries

central adj (being in the centre)
central adj (being very important)

Romanian

3 entries

central adj (being in the centre)
central adj (being very important)
central adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Russian

1 entries

центра́льный adj (being in the centre)

Sanskrit

1 entries

मध्य adj (being very important)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

centralan adj (being in the centre)
srèdišnjī adj (being in the centre)
срѐдишњӣ adj (being in the centre)
централан adj (being in the centre)

Slovak

2 entries

centrálny adj (being in the centre)
ústredný adj (being in the centre)

Slovene

2 entries

centralen adj (being in the centre)
središčen adj (being in the centre)

Spanish

2 entries

central adj (being in the centre)
central adj (being very important)

Swahili

3 entries

katikati adj (being in the centre)
katikati adj (being very important)
katikati adj (having or containing the centre of something)

Swedish

1 entries

central adj (being in the centre)

Tajik

1 entries

марказӣ adj (being in the centre)

Thai

2 entries

กลาง adj (being in the centre)
ศูนย์กลาง adj (being in the centre)

Turkish

2 entries

merkezi adj (being in the centre)
orta adj (being in the centre)

Turkmen

1 entries

merkezi adj (being in the centre)

Ukrainian

1 entries

центра́льний adj (being in the centre)

Urdu

1 entries

مرکزی adj (being in the centre)

Uyghur

1 entries

مەركىزىي adj (being in the centre)

Uzbek

1 entries

markaziy adj (being in the centre)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trung ương adj (being in the centre)

Walloon

2 entries

cintrå adj (being in the centre)
mîtrin adj (being in the centre)

Welsh

1 entries

canolog adj (being in the centre)

Yiddish

2 entries

צענטראַל adj (being in the centre)
צענטראַל adj (being very important)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Isn't this Central Driving School?

Source: tatoeba (50760)

Which way is Central Park?

Source: tatoeba (51267)

Central Park is near where I work.

Source: tatoeba (51269)

Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to Central Park?

Source: tatoeba (51462)

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