Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nerve_center

2 senses of nerve center

Sense 1
nerve center, nerve centre -- (a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam")
       => center, centre -- (a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers")

Sense 2
center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre -- (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere")
       => neural structure -- (a structure that is part of the nervous system)