Entry Word: center

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest <a stretch of coastline that has long been the areaʼs center of tourism>

Synonyms base, capital, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat

Related Words focus, headquarters; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone, magnet

2 an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface <the center of the earth>

Synonyms core, middle, midpoint, midst

Related Words inside, interior

Antonyms perimeter, periphery