Peripheral Synonyms and Antonyms

pə-rĭfər-əl
Of, at, or near the surface of the body; specif., designating or of that part of a nervous system that branches out from a central nervous system
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. external
  2. surface
  3. circumferential
  4. outer
  5. distal
  6. distant
  7. incidental
  8. marginal
  9. minor
  10. outermost
  11. peripheric
  12. secondary
Antonyms:
  1. central
  2. major
  3. internal
  4. crucial
  5. vital
(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
Synonyms:
  1. border
  2. computer peripheral
  3. marginal
  4. peripheral device

Words Related to Peripheral

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. outside
  2. cortical
  3. neuropathy
  4. mechanoreceptors
  5. neuritis
  6. interneurones

Peripheral Sentence Examples

  • They hadn't traveled far down the trail before she got a peripheral view of the building.

  • Microfilaria nocturna swarmed in the blood at night-time and disappeared from the peripheral circulation during the day, hiding away in the large vessels at the base of the lungs and of the heart.

  • Claus maintained that Baeyer's view was identical with his own, for as in Baeyer's formula, the fourth valencies have a different function from the peripheral valencies, being united at the centre in a form of potential union.

  • Jenn appeared in his peripheral then crossed to sit at the bench across from him.

  • These probably lessen fever by their action upon the nerve centres which regulate the temperature of the body, and partly by their peripheral action in causing the secretion of sweat.

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