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locus

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of locus

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

  • an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements
Synonyms of locus

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

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 Synonymous with locus

where it's at

2 the area or space occupied by or intended for something

  • the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens
Synonyms of locus

emplacement, locale, locality, location, place, point, position, site, spot, venue, where
Words Related to locus

scene

precinct, region, section, sector

here, there

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