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. Patrick Jacq:

   The market remains relatively nervous but clearly the recent (developments) in peripheral debt markets and also in stocks at the moment favours a positive outcome.

2. Deutsche Bank equity analysts:

   If these reports are confirmed, this removes the risk of a post-referendum spike in (euro zone) peripheral bond spreads – and, hence, the most immediate way in which the UK referendum result could lead to near-term financial stress.

3. John Castellani:

   It takes a lot to drop the core body temperature down, but it doesnt take as much to drive the peripheral temperatures down.

4. Gilles Moëc:

   I think that QE is on the way quickly; I'm not as enthusiastic or as confident whether it is going to lift inflation expectations and growth in the euro area, we have already seen since 2012 quite a massive drop in peripheral (euro government bond) yields, without any major impact on borrowing rates to the corporate sector.

5. Julius Baer:

   There seems to be certainly more potential in euro zone (earnings) than in the U.S. ... But markets with a higher domestic exposure should be more rewarding going forward than those that are internationally exposed, in a nutshell, we prefer peripheral markets like Italy and Spain to Germany.