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

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
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  • battlefront
  • beachhead
  • bed
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  • capital
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  • center
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  • cheap
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  • command
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  • common
  • construct
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  • core
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  • corrupt
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  • despicable
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  • dissolute
  • dock
  • emplacement
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • essential
  • establish
  • evidence
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  • eye
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  • field
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  • foot
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  • foul
  • found
  • foundation
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  • front
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  • grovelling
  • hang
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  • happy hunting ground
  • harbor
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hinge
  • hive
  • home
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • humble
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • important part
  • indelicate
  • infrastructure
  • iniquitous
  • installation
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  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • lamblike
  • loadstone
  • loathsome
  • locate
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  • lodestone
  • low
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  • low-minded
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  • magnet
  • mean
  • mecca
  • meek
  • menial
  • miscreant
  • modest
  • mount
  • nadir
  • nasty
  • navel
  • nerve center
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • offensive
  • omphalos
  • origin
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  • pedestal
  • perverted
  • pith
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  • playland
  • plebeian
  • polestar
  • poor
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  • predicate
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  • presume
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  • primary element
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  • prop
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reprehensible
  • rest
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  • root
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  • seat
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  • settlement
  • shameful
  • sheepish
  • shoddy
  • shore
  • site
  • slavish
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  • snide
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • soul
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  • staging area
  • staging ground
  • stand
  • starting point
  • station
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  • strip
  • stronghold
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • support
  • suppose
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  • terminal
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  • thick
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  • trashy
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  • warp
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nucleus

  • attraction
  • axis
  • base
  • beginning bud
  • body
  • bottom line
  • capital
  • center
  • centerpiece
  • central
  • content
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  • course
  • crux
  • cynosure
  • deep
  • direction
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  • embryo
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • eye
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  • foundation
  • germ
  • gist
  • ground zero
  • happy hunting ground
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hive
  • hot spot
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  • hub
  • hypothesis
  • kernel
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  • 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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