Synonyms for CENTRAL
ˈsɛn trəlcen·tral

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1. central

   Synonyms:
   mediate, accessible, convenient

   Antonyms:
   remote, inaccessible, inconvenient

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1. central, telephone exchange, exchangeadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   commutation, central, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, exchange, interchange

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, circumferential, peripheral, skirting(a), encircling(a), fringy, marginal, off-base

2. cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primaladjective

   serving as an essential component

   "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

   Synonyms:
   fundamental, primeval, primordial, key, profound, cardinal, underlying, central, rudimentary, aboriginal, primaeval, primal

   Antonyms:
   skirting(a), peripheral, off-base, marginal, unimportant, fringy, encircling(a), circumferential

3. centraladjective

   in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

   "a central position"

   Synonyms:
   key, fundamental, cardinal, primal

   Antonyms:
   marginal, encircling(a), peripheral, unimportant, skirting(a), fringy, circumferential, off-base

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1. centraladjective

   Synonyms:
   middle, centric, centrical, equidistant

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1. List of paraphrases for "central":

   amid, center, centre, centrale, core, pivotal, centralized, cbe, key, centralised, plant, main, essential, china-eu, middle, crucial, focal, sino-eu, centrally, fundamental, plants, downtown, heart, powerhouse, sino-european, powerplant, non-centralized, chung-ang, vital, rastra, amidst, station, china-europe, joongang, negara, střední, critical, zentrale, major

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1. Duke of Cambridge:

   Our grandparents, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, had made support for charity central to their decades of service to the nation and the Commonwealth, the task for us would not be to reinvent the wheel. Instead, our job was to follow the example of those who had come before us, to hold on to the values that have always guided our family, but also to seek to engage in public life in a way that was updated and relevant for our generation.

2. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   There is a meeting happening this afternoon ... between the Iranian Central Bank, the United States Treasury and international banks based in London in an attempt to try to make some progress on this matter.

3. Irwin Michael:

   Clearly the biggest concerns out there include Greece. It's very psychological at this point. It's testing Europe, testing central bankers. People don't know what the effects will be.

4. Michael Hewson:

   Investors are slowly realizing that with every spin of the central bank policy chamber the magazine is getting emptier, the larger concern here given recent market reaction to policy moves by central bankers is that policymakers are losing the confidence of investors.

5. Christian Keller:

   Before we get to the limits (of these policies), central banks will persist with zero and negative rates.