Noun

• S: (n) center, centre, middle, heart, eye (an area that is approximately central within some larger region) "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
• S: (n) center field, centerfield, center (the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher) "he hit the ball to deep center"
• S: (n) center, centre (a building dedicated to a particular activity) "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
• S: (n) center, centre, midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
• S: (n) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
• S: (n) center, centre, center of attention, centre of attention (the object upon which interest and attention focuses) "his stories made him the center of the party"
• S: (n) center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process) "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
• S: (n) center (the middle of a military or naval formation) "they had to reinforce the center"
• S: (n) center ((basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team)
• S: (n) center, snapper ((football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback) "the center fumbled the handoff"
• S: (n) center, centre (a place where some particular activity is concentrated) "they received messages from several centers"
• S: (n) center (politically moderate persons; centrists)
• S: (n) center ((ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team)
• S: (n) center, centre (the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering)
• S: (n) plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre (mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace) "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
• S: (n) center (the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game)
• S: (n) center ((American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play) "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
• S: (n) center (a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game)

Verb

• S: (v) focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center (center upon) "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
• S: (v) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet (direct one's attention on something) "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
• S: (v) center, centre (move into the center) "That vase in the picture is not centered"

Adjective

• S: (adj) center, halfway, middle, midway (equally distant from the extremes)
• S: (adj) center (of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually)