Peripheral

/pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/

Synonyms for "peripheral" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(7 words)
peripheral deviceaccessoryadjunctambient conditionbackgroundcomputer peripheraleconomic outsider
Adjective(4 words)
ancillary departmentcircumstantialdigressivedistant shores
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (37)

Noun(14 words)
edge-relatedexternalexternal deviceexternal unitextreme emotionextrinsicfringe areafringingfrontierhardware devicekeyboardslateralmargasivsamarginal
Adjective(4 words)
external componentextrinsic tongue musclesfringymain academic subject

Related words (62)

Adjective(25 words)
noncapital areanoncapital area planningnoncentral force componentnoncentral force directionnoncrucialnonessentialnonessential materialnonessential variablenonstorage devicenonvitalouter partsouter shelloutlying dwellingoutlying houseoutlying settlementoutlying villageremote hospital settingrural ecosystemssecond rank statusside topic
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side-issue examplesidewayssuburban districttenuousunimportant person
Noun(10 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries
anatomical termcomputer hardwaredeviceelectronic deviceelectronic equipmenthardware termspatial term

More specific

11 entries
edge zonekeyboardmouseouter boundaryperipheral deviceperipheral ganglionperipheral interfaceperipheral moduleperipheral nerveprinterscanner

Collocations

9 entries
computer peripheralexternal deviceperipheral bloodperipheral deviceperipheral equipmentperipheral nerveperipheral nervous systemperipheral vascularperipheral vision

Inflections

3 entries
more peripheralmost peripheralperipherals

Derivations

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

8 entries

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The words of the year 2010 in Denmark are "ash cloud", "Peripheral Denmark", "vuvuzela" and "WikiLeaks".

Source: tatoeba (668931)

Doing exercises to strengthen one's peripheral vision is recommended for those interested in learning how to speed read.

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I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of human rights is part of a broad effort to use our great power and our tremendous influence in the service of creating a better world, a world in which human beings can live in peace, in freedom, and with their basic needs adequately met.

Source: tatoeba (5797058)

Tourism has the potential to contribute towards employment and economic growth, as well as to development in rural, peripheral or less-developed areas.

Source: tatoeba (7023253)

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