omphalos | Definition of omphalos

Synonyms and Antonyms of omphalos

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest

during the Vietnam War the university's campus effectively became the area's omphalos for antiwar activity

Synonyms of omphalos

axis, base, capital, center, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, seat

Words Related to omphalos

happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland

kernel, nub, pith

essence, quintessence, soul

attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

Phrases Synonymous with omphalos