Definition of center

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• center is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• center is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• center is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of center

• a building dedicated to a particular activity (noun)

  Examples

  1. they were raising money to build a new center for research

  Synonyms

  1. centre
• the object upon which interest and attention focuses (noun)

  Examples

  1. his stories made him the center of the party

  Synonyms

  1. center of attention
  2. centre
  3. centre of attention
• direct one's attention on something (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. centre
  2. concentrate
  3. focus
  4. pore
  5. rivet
• move into the center (verb)

  Examples

  1. That vase in the picture is not centered

  Synonyms

  1. centre
• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process (noun)

  Examples

  1. in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere

  Synonyms

  1. centre
  2. nerve center
  3. nerve centre
• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. 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 (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. mall
  2. plaza
  3. shopping center
  4. shopping centre
  5. shopping mall
• equally distant from the extremes (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. halfway
  2. middle
  3. midway
• a place where some particular activity is concentrated (noun)

  Examples

  1. they received messages from several centers

  Synonyms

  1. centre
• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback (noun)

  Examples

  1. the center fumbled the handoff

  Synonyms

  1. snapper
• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. centre
  2. midpoint
• an area that is approximately central within some larger region (noun)

  Examples

  1. it is in the center of town

  Synonyms

  1. centre
  2. eye
  3. heart
  4. middle
• center upon (verb)

  Examples

  1. Her entire attention centered on her children

  Synonyms

  1. center on
  2. concentrate on
  3. focus on
  4. revolve about
  5. revolve around
• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. centre
  2. core
  3. essence
  4. gist
  5. heart
  6. heart and soul
  7. inwardness
  8. kernel
  9. marrow
  10. meat
  11. nitty-gritty
  12. nub
  13. pith
  14. substance
  15. sum
• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher (noun)

  Examples

  1. he hit the ball to deep center

  Synonyms

  1. center field
  2. centerfield
• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play (noun)

  Examples

  1. it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback
• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game (noun)
• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team (noun)
• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team (noun)
• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually (adjective)
• politically moderate persons; centrists (noun)
• the middle of a military or naval formation (noun)

  Examples

  1. they had to reinforce the center
• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game (noun)

See definition of center in Merriam Webster