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mecca

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Synonyms and Antonyms of mecca

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

that region of Connecticut is a mecca for antique hunters

Synonyms of mecca

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

Words Related to mecca

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

kernel, nub, pith

essence, quintessence, soul

attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

Phrases Synonymous with mecca

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