Central Standard Time

proper noun

The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the majority of the Midwest and the southern United States, as well as Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the majority of the central third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March.

“Coordinate term: Central Daylight Time”

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Main Standard TimeCSTCentral Time
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the majority of the Midwest and the southern United States, as well as Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the majority of the central third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March.

    Coordinate term: Central Daylight Time

    1 more example

    About 1:20 p.m. Central Standard Time Ken O'Donnell informed us of the President's death. "He's gone," was all he said. A minute or two later Emory Roberts confirmed the tragic news.

    1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10

    Synonyms: Main Standard Time, CST

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe time of day in the time zone that encompasses the majority of the Midwest and the southern United States, as well as Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the majority of the central third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March.

Similar
Main Standard TimeCST

More synonyms by meaning

nounstandard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States

Similar
Central TimeCST
Broader
civil timestandard timelocal time
Also see
central timemain standard time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 北美中部時間 /北美中部时间
  • 北美中部時間 /北美中部时间time zone
Finnish Yhdysvaltain keskinen aika
  • Yhdysvaltain keskinen aikatime zone
French heure normale du Centre
  • heure normale du Centretime zone
Japanese 中部標準時
  • 中部標準時 (chūbu hyōjunji)time zone
Korean 중부 표준시
  • 중부 표준시 (Jungbu pyojunsi)time zone
Spanish horario del centro
  • horario del centrotime zone
Cite this entry
APA

Central Standard Time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20Standard%20Time

MLA

“Central Standard Time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20Standard%20Time. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Central Standard Time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20Standard%20Time.

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