navel

The word “navel” has 2 syllables: na-vel

It's pronounced as /ˈneɪ.vəl/


What is synonym and antonym for navel?

In the thesaurus, “navel” has 44 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for navel along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for navel

  • attraction
  • axis
  • base
  • capital
  • center
  • central
  • core
  • cynosure
  • deep
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • eye
  • focus
  • ground zero
  • happy hunting ground
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hive
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • kernel
  • loadstone
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • magnet
  • mecca
  • nerve center
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • omphalic
  • omphalos
  • pith
  • playground
  • playland
  • polestar
  • quintessence
  • seat
  • soul
  • thick
  • umbilical
  • umbilicate
  • umbilicated

Meanings of navel

  • noun
    1. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
    2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
    3. A navel orange.
    4. An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Example Sentences

  • She gently cleaned the baby's navel after changing the diaper.
  • The navel of the orange was where the stem had been attached.
  • In some cultures, the navel is considered a sacred symbol of life and connection.
  • The doctor examined the patient's navel for signs of infection following the surgery.
  • The dancer's costume was adorned with jewels that glittered around her navel during the performance.

On this page you'll find 44 synonyms or another words to navel, such as: attraction, axis, base, capital, center, central, core.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

base

  • abject
  • abominable
  • airbase
  • anchorage
  • assume
  • assumption
  • atrocious
  • attraction
  • authority
  • axis
  • backbone
  • bad
  • basement
  • basis
  • bastion
  • battlefront
  • beachhead
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bottom
  • brace
  • bridgehead
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • camp
  • capital
  • censurable
  • center
  • central
  • cheap
  • chief constituent
  • coarse
  • command
  • command post
  • common
  • construct
  • contemptible
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corrupt
  • cruel
  • currish
  • cynosure
  • debased
  • debauched
  • deep
  • degenerate
  • demure
  • depend
  • depot
  • depraved
  • derive
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • dock
  • emplacement
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • essential
  • establish
  • evidence
  • evil
  • execrable
  • eye
  • fastness
  • fawning
  • field
  • focus
  • foot
  • foothold
  • footing
  • fortress
  • foul
  • found
  • foundation
  • framework
  • front
  • fundamental
  • garrison
  • ground
  • ground zero
  • groundwork
  • grovelling
  • hang
  • hangar
  • hangdog
  • happy hunting ground
  • harbor
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hinge
  • hive
  • home
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • humble
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • important part
  • indelicate
  • infrastructure
  • iniquitous
  • installation
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • lamblike
  • loadstone
  • loathsome
  • locate
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • lowly
  • magnet
  • mean
  • mecca
  • meek
  • menial
  • miscreant
  • modest
  • mount
  • nadir
  • nasty
  • navel
  • nerve center
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • offensive
  • omphalos
  • origin
  • paltry
  • pedestal
  • perverted
  • pith
  • pitiful
  • plant
  • playground
  • playland
  • plebeian
  • polestar
  • poor
  • port
  • post
  • postulate
  • predicate
  • premise
  • premiss
  • presume
  • presumption
  • presuppose
  • presupposition
  • primary element
  • principal
  • principle
  • prop
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reprehensible
  • rest
  • retiring
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • scandalous
  • seat
  • seating
  • servile
  • set up
  • settlement
  • shameful
  • sheepish
  • shoddy
  • shore
  • site
  • slavish
  • sleazy
  • snide
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • soul
  • source
  • squalid
  • staging area
  • staging ground
  • stand
  • starting point
  • station
  • stay
  • strip
  • stronghold
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • support
  • suppose
  • supposition
  • sycophant
  • sycophantic
  • terminal
  • theory
  • thesis
  • thick
  • toadyish
  • toehold
  • touchstone
  • trashy
  • ugly
  • unassuming
  • underpinning
  • unethical
  • unpretentious
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • warp
  • warp and woof
  • warrant
  • wicked
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong

nucleus

  • attraction
  • axis
  • base
  • beginning bud
  • body
  • bottom line
  • capital
  • center
  • centerpiece
  • central
  • content
  • core
  • course
  • crux
  • cynosure
  • deep
  • direction
  • drift
  • embryo
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • eye
  • focus
  • foundation
  • germ
  • gist
  • ground zero
  • happy hunting ground
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hive
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • hypothesis
  • kernel
  • keynote
  • loadstone
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • magnet
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mecca
  • navel
  • nerve center
  • net
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nubbin
  • omphalos
  • pith
  • pivot
  • playground
  • playland
  • point
  • polestar
  • premise
  • principle
  • proposition
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • root
  • seat
  • seed
  • soul
  • spark
  • subject
  • substance
  • sum
  • sum and substance
  • tenor
  • the long and short
  • the long and the short
  • theme
  • thesis
  • thick

nerve center

  • HQ
  • attraction
  • axis
  • base
  • capital
  • center
  • central
  • command post
  • control center
  • core
  • cynosure
  • deep
  • epicenter
  • esoteric reality
  • essence
  • eye
  • focal point
  • focus
  • ganglion
  • ground zero
  • happy hunting ground
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hive
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • inner reality
  • intrinsic reality
  • kernel
  • loadstone
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • magnet
  • mecca
  • navel
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • omphalos
  • pith
  • playground
  • playland
  • polestar
  • quintessence
  • seat
  • soul
  • switchboard
  • thick
  • vital center
  • vital principle

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