Synonyms for peripheral
pəˈrɪf ər əlpe·riph·er·al

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1. peripheralnoun

   Synonyms:
   peripheral device

2. peripheraladjective

   on the periphery or boundary

   Synonyms:
   peripheral device

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1. peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral deviceadjective

   (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer

   "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

   Synonyms:
   computer peripheral, peripheral device

   Antonyms:
   focal, midway, middlemost, nuclear, bicentric, centrical, centered, bifocal, halfway, middle(a), median, center(a), centric, medial, central, midmost, amidship, basic

2. peripheraladjective

   on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area

   "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"

   Antonyms:
   middlemost, median, bifocal, middle(a), centric, halfway, basic, medial, amidship, central, centered, midway, center(a), centrical, focal, midmost, nuclear, bicentric

3. peripheraladjective

   related to the key issue but not of central importance

   "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

   Antonyms:
   basic, middlemost, nuclear, centrical, halfway, midway, amidship, centered, focal, middle(a), bifocal, bicentric, median, medial, centric, center(a), central, midmost

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1. List of paraphrases for "peripheral":

   outlying, outermost, peripherals, remote, outer, marginal, ultra-peripheral, neighboring, perimeter, adjacent, periphery

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1. Stephen Jay Gould:

   “If evolution almost always occurs by rapid speciation in small, peripheral isolates, then what should the fossil record look like? We are not likely to detect the event of speciation itself. It happens too fast, in too small a group, isolated too far from the ancestral range ...

2. Mark Warschauer:

   The internet and home access to technology was always seen as somewhat peripheral to education and now I think people realize that it has become central during the pandemic and probably will continue to be, we have a history in this country -- whether it is with gun violence or a health crises -- when something really bad happens, people do pay a lot more attention. But whether they make the necessary changes, or not, is unclear.

3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Against all odds, we achieved a great victory for the Likud, i am proud of the people of Israel, who in the moment of truth knew how to distinguish between what is important and what is peripheral, and to insist on what is important.

4. Cyril Regnat:

   The expectation that there will be an agreement eventually is providing relief to Greece, and it also makes sense to have peripheral markets outperforming.

5. Eric Leuthardt:

   What's interesting is that the blood-brain barrier is a two-way street, by breaking it down, you can get things into the brain, but also by breaking it down now things can go from your brain out into your circulation, to your peripheral system, which includes your immune system.