central
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
Types & categories
- workplace hypernym
- centrex hyponym
- switchboard hyponym
Parts & wholes
- telephone system part holonym
Related & opposite
- central derivation
Sense 2 adjective
serving as an essential component
a cardinal rule
Related & opposite
- center of attention derivation
- essence derivation
- important similar to
Sense 3 adjective
in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
a central position
Related & opposite
- peripheral antonym
- central derivation
- centrality derivation
- midpoint derivation
- center derivation
- amidship similar to
- bicentric similar to
- bifocal similar to
- midway similar to
- centered similar to
- centric similar to
- focal similar to
- medial similar to
- middlemost similar to
- nuclear similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | central |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | telephone system |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | workplace |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | centrex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | switchboard |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | center of attention |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | essence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | peripheral |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | central |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | centrality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | midpoint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | center |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | amidship |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bicentric |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bifocal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | midway |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | centered |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | centric |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | focal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | medial |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | middlemost |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nuclear |