center

center

noun

Definition of CENTER

1

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest <a stretch of coastline that has long been the area's center of tourism>

Synonyms axis, base, capital, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seat

Related Words headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

Phrases where it's at

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