centralised

1. 1.

   drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority

   “centralized control of emergency relief efforts”

   “centralized government”

   Synonymscentralized

Questions about centralised

What does centralised mean?

centralised means "drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority".

How many syllables are in centralised?

centralised has 3 syllables: cen-trali-sed. The stress falls on "cen".

What is another word for centralised?

Close synonyms include centralized. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is centralised a common word?

centralised is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.