CENTERS Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

centers 1 of 2

noun

plural of center

as in hubs

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

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Relevance

as in middles

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

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centers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of center

as in consolidates

to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control centered administrative duties under the command of a single person

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as in focuses

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective the students centered their attention on final exams

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Recent Examples of centers

Noun

Tobacco parallels The Los Angeles trial centers on allegations made by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, and her mother that four social media giants intentionally designed addictive platforms that hooked her as a child and led to mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression. —

Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026 Peppered with museums and cultural centers, as well as some ritzy retail, this corridor has turned into a swarming hub for locals and travelers—exactly as Rosewood’s Cheng family intended. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026 The document describes a project that includes eight large-scale detention centers, capable of housing 7,000 to 10,000 detainees each, and 16 smaller regional processing centers. —

Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026 The past week has seen Indian tech group Reliance reportedly announcing plans to invest $110 billion into data centers and other infrastructure, and compatriot Adani outlining a $100 billion AI data center buildout over the next decade. —

Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026 Researchers at Harvard created remote entanglement between atomic quantum memories using silicon-vacancy centers in diamond, showing that the fundamental physics is achievable. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026 Local avalanche centers, such as the Sierra Avalanche Center, have professional avalanche forecasters monitoring snow conditions. —

Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026 Tax the billionaires to pay for our monthly healthcare and childcare costs, ban private equity firms from buying our homes, lower energy costs by cutting off wasteful bitcoin and AI data centers. —

Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 But if the technology takes off and moves beyond experience centers, will users remain within safe boundaries? —

Kendall Hunter, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026

Verb

The ad, which centers on a fictional family scouring their community for their missing dog, demonstrates how the Search Party feature activates neighboring Ring home cameras to be used in the search. —

Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026 Middle Tennessee centers on Rolf and Daughters in Nashville, where Philip Krajeck constructs a dish that uses every part of the tomato plant, from fruit to vine. —

Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026 Each chapter centers on an animal, from a white rabbit and a wolf to a cow, blending stark realism with poetic imagery. —

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026 The merger centers on launching up to one million satellites as AI data centers in orbit, powered by solar energy for global computing. —

Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 Bodyman centers on a violent power struggle that unfolds during a family Christmas gathering after an eccentric billionaire unexpectedly transfers control of his private military company to his longtime bodyguard, played by Jonas, instead of to his adult children. —

Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Feb. 2026 The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026 But unlike the dark-romance trope in novels and fanfiction, which centers on taboo relationships and morally gray characters, these looks are less about shock value and more about heightened emotion. —

Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 10 Feb. 2026 The case centers on 137 Venezuelan men who were unlawfully in the United States and flown overnight on March 15 to El Salvador’s terrorism confinement center, CECOT, without advance notice or court hearings. —

Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for centers

Noun

These are effectively offshore hubs which are set up on behalf of international companies.

— Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
Also known as 18b, a nod to the city’s original 18-block arts zoning designation, the area started as a small cluster of art studios and has grown into one of the city’s most dynamic creative hubs.

— Mackenzie Jervis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026