| Noun | 1. | central - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communicationcentrex - (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today" | |
| Adj. | 1. | central - 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"important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" | |
| 2. | central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"; "central heating and air conditioning"peripheral - on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs" | |
| 3. | central - used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place; "the people of Central and Northern Europe"; "country in central Africa" | |
| 4. | central - centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has good bus service"; "the shop has a central location"inner - located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room" | |