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center
adjective as in middle
Strong matches
inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, mean, midpoint, midway
Weak matches
at halfway point, centermost, deepest, equidistant, inmost, inner, innermost, internal, medial, mid, middlemost
noun as in middle point
Strong matches
axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, essence, focus, gist, hotbed, inside, interior, kernel, mainstream, marrow, midpoint, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, polestar, quick, root, seat
Weak matches
equidistance, focal point, intermediacy, middle-of-the-road, radial point
noun as in point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers
Strongest matches
capital, city, club, heart, hub, mall, market, plaza, shopping center, station, town
Strong matches
concourse, crossroads, focus, marketplace, mart, metropolis, polestar
Weak matches
focal point, meeting place, nerve center, social center, trading center
verb as in concentrate, draw together
Strong matches
centralize, collect, concenter, consolidate, focalize, join, unify
Weak matches
bring to a focus, bring together, close on, converge upon, medialize
Example Sentences
The city attorney’s office remains at the center of that case, and is pursuing civil action against the property owner and organizer for maintaining a public nuisance.
Barcelona arranged a two-week stay at La Masia, the club’s famed developmental center in Spain.
When ships arrived at Acapulco from Asia each year, arrieros loaded the cargo and carried it across mountains, vast forests and large river valleys to distant urban centers and innumerable nearby pueblos.
Social distancing measures and the rising popularity of e-commerce have continued to hurt foot traffic and sales at many malls and outlet centers, even during the holidays.
The Chiefs managed just nine points, their lowest offensive output with Mahomes starting under center.
Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.
It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.
Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow with the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.
In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.
The artillery and 81st were on the right of the line, the native infantry in the center, and the sowars on the left.
Touch the center of a cover-glass to the top of the drop and quickly place it, blood side down, upon a slide.
The buildings grew higher toward the center of the dome, but I stopped while they were still two stories.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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