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Synonyms for navel
Synonyms
axis, base, capital, center, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seat
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Fashion’s navel-gazing obsession with logos continues. — Carla Guler, Harper's BAZAAR, "The 8 Fall Trends to Shop Now," 14 Aug. 2019 Now, Anthony and KKW seem to have come into their own, preferring to more subtly riff off of each other’s outfits, whether that's a navel-baring shirt or suede knee-high boots. — Vogue, "Kim Kardashian West Pairs Up With an Equally Chic BFF," 16 May 2019 Too often, maybe as a result of our own navel-gazing, we position events in an athlete’s career—a win, a loss, a setback or, yes, an injury—as life-changing. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Andrew Luck on What His Long Injury Layoff Taught Him—About Football and Life," 1 Aug. 2019 Pull the navel in towards your spine and relax the shoulders down away from the ears. — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, "5 ways to avoid back pain during yoga class," 22 July 2019 Purchased at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore, the pencil drawing depicts a nude girl reclining on her back, the contours of her ribs protruding unsettlingly above her navel. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Drawing Found in Thrift Store Turns Out to Be an Original Egon Schiele," 26 July 2019 His high-collared shirt was unbuttoned nearly to his navel, with a scarf loosely knotted around his neck. — Richard Zoglin, Time, "Inside the Las Vegas Show That Turned Elvis' Career Around," 23 July 2019 Soon enough the Walkman was a symbol of navel-gazing self-absorption. — Clive Thompson, Smithsonian, "The Walkman’s Invention 40 Years Ago Launched a Cultural Revolution," 9 July 2019 Related Articles There is a hyper-meta quality to this documentary that will probably appeal to fans of navel-gazing conceptual art — or just devilishly pointed black humor. — Michael O'sullivan, Twin Cities, "A conceptual artist pops a brilliant (but ghoulish) question in ‘The Proposal’," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'navel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Medical Definition of navel
— called also umbilicus
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