Synonyms for central
ˈsɛn trəlcen·tral

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1. central

   Synonyms:
   mediate, accessible, convenient

   Antonyms:
   remote, inaccessible, inconvenient

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1. central, telephone exchange, exchangeadjective

   a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

   Synonyms:
   commutation, telephone exchange, substitution, rally, exchange, interchange

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, circumferential, peripheral, skirting(a), encircling(a), fringy, marginal, off-base

2. cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primaladjective

   serving as an essential component

   "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

   Synonyms:
   fundamental, primeval, primordial, key, profound, cardinal, underlying, rudimentary, aboriginal, primaeval, primal

   Antonyms:
   skirting(a), peripheral, off-base, marginal, unimportant, fringy, encircling(a), circumferential

3. centraladjective

   in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

   "a central position"

   Synonyms:
   key, fundamental, cardinal, primal

   Antonyms:
   marginal, encircling(a), peripheral, unimportant, skirting(a), fringy, circumferential, off-base

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1. centraladjective

   Synonyms:
   middle, centric, centrical, equidistant

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1. List of paraphrases for "central":

   amid, center, centre, centrale, core, pivotal, centralized, cbe, key, centralised, plant, main, essential, china-eu, middle, crucial, focal, sino-eu, centrally, fundamental, plants, downtown, heart, powerhouse, sino-european, powerplant, non-centralized, chung-ang, vital, rastra, amidst, station, china-europe, joongang, negara, střední, critical, zentrale, major

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1. Mark Dubowitz:

   The removal of Iran's central bank from Swift along with other Iranian banks implicated in terrorism, nuclear and missile proliferation, as well human rights abuses will cut the regime's access to the global financial system, this will reduce their options to barter trade or sanctions busting. Treasury however has left open humanitarian channels that the regime should use to deliver food, medicine and other goods to the Iranian people.

2. Christopher Granville:

   What the central bank is doing is in line with what the leadership wants, in a strategic way, Stability is the absolute top priority, rather than avoiding negative growth at all costs.

3. Sami Atallah:

   Central government is still trying to monopolize the sector, there is money to be made and they are trying to figure out how to split the pie.

4. President Francois Hollande:

   The European Central Bank's decisions should not make us defer reforms, i consider that this decision (quantiative easing) by the ECB obliges us to be even bolder in our efforts to lift obstacles to growth and job creation.

5. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   Central banks are losing control and they don't know what to do ... just like the Republican establishment and Donald Trump.