dead center

[ded sen-ter] / ˈdɛd ˈsɛn tər /

NOUN

bull's-eye

Synonyms

STRONGEST

center omphalos

STRONG

goal mark objective quintain target

WEAK

direct hit hole in one home run

ADJECTIVE

dead-on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate precise

WEAK

absolutely right by the book dead-center definite direct exact on the button on the mark on the money on the nose pinpoint to the point unerring very accurate

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless false inaccurate questionable

Example Sentences

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The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In the bottom of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to dead center field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025

"RoboCop" endures and we are still talking about it almost four decades later because of the social and political issues it confronted, right there, dead center in the film.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Planted dead center on the stage in “This House Is Not a Home,” a slippery, ever-shifting work by Nile Harris, is a house — a bounce house.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Everyone takes a step back and I find myself dead center.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

dead center

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