central

[sen-truhl] / ˈsɛn trəl /

ADJECTIVE

main, principal; in the middle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic essential fundamental important key paramount pivotal significant

STRONG

cardinal center chief dominant interior intermediate leading master mean median middle midway primary prime radical ruling salient umbilical

WEAK

axial centric centroidal equidistant focal foremost inmost inner mid middlemost midmost nuclear omphalic outstanding overriding predominant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

additional auxiliary extra inessential insignificant minor nonessential secondary trivial unimportant unsubstantial

STRONG

exterior extreme inferior outer outside subordinate

WEAK

peripheral

Example Sentences

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TOKYO—Japan’s economy returned to growth in the final quarter of 2025 despite the hit from U.S. tariffs, giving the central bank room to keep raising interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Because of the gasoline and oil situation, we've had to resort to this alternative," Eduardo Romano, a father of two, told AFP, while waiting for customers in a park in central Havana.

From Barron's

The team also identified hundreds of "hub genes" that function as central regulators, influencing many other genes and likely playing an important role in harmful changes in the brain.

From Science Daily

The circadian rhythm plays a central role in regulating cardiovascular and metabolic function.

From Science Daily

For the first time since before kindergarten, I don’t have a central organizing force around which to arrange my life.

From The Wall Street Journal

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