Synonyms for peripheral
pəˈrɪf ər əlpe·riph·er·al

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1. peripheralnoun

   Synonyms:
   peripheral device

2. peripheraladjective

   on the periphery or boundary

   Synonyms:
   peripheral device

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1. peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral deviceadjective

   (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer

   "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

   Synonyms:
   computer peripheral, peripheral device

   Antonyms:
   focal, midway, middlemost, nuclear, bicentric, centrical, centered, bifocal, halfway, middle(a), median, center(a), centric, medial, central, midmost, amidship, basic

2. peripheraladjective

   on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area

   "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"

   Antonyms:
   middlemost, median, bifocal, middle(a), centric, halfway, basic, medial, amidship, central, centered, midway, center(a), centrical, focal, midmost, nuclear, bicentric

3. peripheraladjective

   related to the key issue but not of central importance

   "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

   Antonyms:
   basic, middlemost, nuclear, centrical, halfway, midway, amidship, centered, focal, middle(a), bifocal, bicentric, median, medial, centric, center(a), central, midmost

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1. List of paraphrases for "peripheral":

   outlying, outermost, peripherals, remote, outer, marginal, ultra-peripheral, neighboring, perimeter, adjacent, periphery

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1. Patrick Jacq:

   The market remains relatively nervous but clearly the recent (developments) in peripheral debt markets and also in stocks at the moment favours a positive outcome.

2. Margarita Rohr:

   This directs blood flow toward these organs and away from less vital organs like hands and feet, Margarita Rohr said, which leaves these body parts chronically cold. Science bears this out : a University of Utah study found that though women had a slightly higher core body temperature than men, their hands came in at an average of 2.8 degrees cooler. You have diabetes Diabetes that's not kept in check can lead to a condition called peripheral nephropathy, a constant attack on the nerves that provide sensation to your hands and feet, Margarita Rohr said. When this develops, you experience numbness and sometimes pain in the hands and feet, and since these nerves are also responsible for sending message to the brain regarding temperature sensation, your hands and feet may feel cold.

3. Jeb Bush:

   These are completely deranged people, and they have severe mental health issues. In every case there was the possibility of intervening but it didn't happen, either there was no knowledge at all, or there was peripheral connection to the mental health network but ... there was no follow through.

4. Julius Baer:

   There seems to be certainly more potential in euro zone (earnings) than in the U.S. ... But markets with a higher domestic exposure should be more rewarding going forward than those that are internationally exposed, in a nutshell, we prefer peripheral markets like Italy and Spain to Germany.

5. Eric Leuthardt:

   What's interesting is that the blood-brain barrier is a two-way street, by breaking it down, you can get things into the brain, but also by breaking it down now things can go from your brain out into your circulation, to your peripheral system, which includes your immune system.