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epicenter

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Synonyms and Antonyms of epicenter

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest

by continually reinventing itself, Las Vegas has managed to remain a national epicenter for entertainment

Synonyms of epicenter

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

Words Related to epicenter

happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland

kernel, nub, pith

essence, quintessence, soul

attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

Phrases Synonymous with epicenter

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