|
|
- pronunciation:
- sen
tr
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or being the center.
The main library is in the central part of town.- synonyms:
- centric, medial, median, mid, middle
- antonyms:
- outlying, peripheral
- similar words:
- axial, intermediate, middlemost, midmost
|
| definition 2: |
being the main point of contact and dominant influence for all parts of a system or organization.
All staff interviews are conducted at the company's central office.The suspected spy was taken to central headquarters for questioning.- synonyms:
- head, home
- similar words:
- chief, main, principal
|
| definition 3: |
principal; essential.
The novel has three central characters and numerous minor characters.The transporting of food supplies to the troops was central to the war effort.- synonyms:
- chief, crucial, key, main, pivotal, principal
- antonyms:
- peripheral
- similar words:
- capital, cardinal, essential, fundamental
|
| definition 4: |
easily reached from many points or areas.
He found a central location for his shop.- antonyms:
- remote
- similar words:
- accessible, centralized, convenient
|
| related words: |
basic, capital, interior, internal, middle, primary, prime, staple, true, vital |
(adj.)central
+ noun
agency,
air-conditioning,
artery,
atrium,
authority,
axis,
bank,
banker,
bulge,
bureaucracy,
casting,
command,
conditioner,
conditioning,
core,
courtyard,
dogma,
element,
fabrication,
flyway,
focus,
fountain,
freeway,
government,
headquarters,
heating,
highland,
hub,
importance,
intelligence,
jogger,
location,
monitoring,
mosque,
motif,
obstruction,
paradox,
perk,
pillar,
planner,
planning,
plateau,
plaza,
premise,
preoccupation,
processing,
province,
railroad,
region,
repository,
republic,
reservoir,
role,
server,
square,
station,
tenet,
terminal,
theme,
thesis,
thrust,
west
[See all][See only the most frequent]
|
| derivation: |
centrally (adv.) |
The word central
contains the following parts:
centr, centri, centro
Greek
root
that means center
  Example words:
anthropocentric, center, central, centralism, centralize, centric, centrifugal, centrifugal force, centrifuge, centripetal, centripetal force, centrist, centrosome, concentrate, concentric, eccentric, egocentric, epicenter, geocentric, heliocentric, polycentrism
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
|