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navel

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of navel

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

a city that likes to regard itself as the nation's navel of art and culture

Synonyms of navel

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

Words Related to navel

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

kernel, nub, pith

essence, quintessence, soul

attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

Phrases Synonymous with navel

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