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, central, 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, central, 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. Mohamed El-Erian:

   We are going to see the Federal Reserve continue to try to very carefully ease its foot off the accelerator while the other three systemically important central banks - the ECB (European Central Bank), BOJ, PBOC (People's Bank of China) - are going to be pressing harder on the stimulus accelerator.

2. Li Huiyong:

   Fixed-asset investment growth picked up due to stronger real estate investment, the economy still needs support from loose monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy going forward. Apart from the expansion of the (budget) deficit to implement tax cuts, the central government needs to maintain infrastructure investment.

3. Chandrika Bahadur:

   The lockdown came at a huge economic and social cost, the suddenness of the announcement meant... the vast majority of the country was unprepared in terms of the implications on income, food, security of tenure, and safety. And in turn, both the central and state governments were unprepared for the migrant crisis.

4. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   In Syria, when our first objective is to drive out terrorists and combating terrorists to defeat them, we have no solution other than to strengthen the central authority and the central government of that country as a central seat of power, so I think today everyone has accepted that President Assad must remain so that we can combat the terrorists.

5. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   We still consider ourselves a second-class NATO member-state, because in central Europe... there aren't, aside from a token presence, any significant allied forces or defense installations, which gives the Russians an excuse to play this region.