Centers

Synonyms for center
noun middle point

heart
place
hub
kernel
essence
focus
seat
pivot
midst

axis
interior
core
gist
midpoint
nucleus
marrow
mainstream
inside

pith
quick
root
focal point
middle of the road
nave
omphalos
polestar
centrality

hotbed
cynosure
centrum
navel
centriole
equidistance
intermediacy
radial point
bull’s-eye

Antonyms for centers

exterior
outside
boundary
margin

outskirts
periphery
rim
surroundings

exteriority
border
edge

Synonyms
noun point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers

town
city
hub
heart
shopping center
plaza

club
mall
station
capital
market
marketplace

metropolis
focus
mart
concourse
crossroads
focal point

meeting place
nerve center
polestar
social center
trading center

Antonyms

exterior
outside
boundary
margin

outskirts
periphery
rim
surroundings

exteriority
border
edge

Synonyms
verb concentrate, draw together

meet
attract
gather
intensify
focus

consolidate
centralize
unify
collect
join

concenter
focalize
bring to a focus
bring together
close on

converge upon
medialize

Antonyms

disjoin
disperse

scatter
divide

separate
dissipate

Usage Notes

Although sometimes condemned for alleged illogicality, the phrases center about and center around have appeared in edited writing for more than a century to express the sense of gathering or collecting as if around a center: The objections center around the question of fiscal responsibility.
Other adjectives related to centers

abstemious
azygous
commonplace
equidistant
homocentric
mediate
mesothetic
middlemost
paracentral
umbilical

adiaphorous
central
concentric
focal
intermediate
mediterranean
mid
middling
phallocentric
vorticiform

average
centrical
entad
fulcrate
mean
mesial
middle
midmost
straight
vortiginous

axial
centripetal
equatorial
geocentric
medial
mesne
middle-class
neutral
tapsell

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