Synonyms of omphalos

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omphalos

noun

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as in center

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

during the Vietnam War the university's campus effectively became the area's omphalos for antiwar activity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• center
• mecca
• capital
• hub
• navel
• nucleus
• locus
• central
• core
• focus
• seat
• heart
• base
• axis
• nexus
• epicenter
• cynosure
• playground
• nerve center
• ground zero
• headquarters
• eye
• where it's at
• lodestone
• magnet
• pith
• playland
• hive
• nub
• hot spot
• thick
• hotbed
• kernel
• polestar
• attraction
• essence
• loadstone
• deep
• soul
• happy hunting ground
• quintessence

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