Synonyms for main
meɪn, maɪnmain

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1. main

   Synonyms:
   bulk, majority, body, principal, trunk, chief, leading, most important, first

   Antonyms:
   portion, section, minority, branch, limb, tributary, member, subordinate, inferior

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1. main, brinynoun

   any very large body of (salt) water

   Synonyms:
   briny

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, mild

2. mainadjective

   a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

   Synonyms:
   briny

   Antonyms:
   mild, unimportant

3. chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)adjective

   most important element

   "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

   Antonyms:
   mild, unimportant

4. independent, main(a)adjective

   (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

   "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, mild

5. main(a)adjective

   of force; of the greatest possible intensity

   "by main strength"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, mild

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1. • Body Of Water
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   • Hydrosphere

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1. mainadjective

   Synonyms:
   chief, principal, leading, most important

2. mainnoun

   Synonyms:
   ocean, great sea

3. mainnoun

   Synonyms:
   continent, mainland

4. mainnoun

   Synonyms:
   main conduit, main pipe, main duct

5. mainnoun

   Synonyms:
   force, power, strength, might

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1. mainadjective

   Synonyms:
   principal, leading, chief, capital, cardinal, paramount, requisite, necessary, sheer, pure

2. mainnoun

   Synonyms:
   ocean, high sea, gross, bulk, majority, strength, power, might, force

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1. List of paraphrases for "main":

   principal, major, primary, key, senior, core, leading, mainly, chief, top, large, hand, basic, fundamental, essential, principale, central, parent, master, great, lead, prime, keynote, big, primarily, predominant, predicate, dominant, largest, foremost, salient, important, overriding, mainstream, greatest, principaux, significant, first, overarching

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1. Sofia Dickens:

   The only way to accelerate the life experience process, since they're just kids and don't have a lot of life experiences, is to go on a journey learning from other people's life experiences, so when you read a book with your children, ask them questions about how the main character might be feeling or what motivates the main character or what you would do if you were in their shoes.

2. Emil Grímssontold:

   Well find out, i have studied the ice conditions over the past three years in March and it looks like we can cross and get onto the main Greenland ice cap.

3. Joshua Bhatt:

   The sea was roaring in, flooding the entire main deck.

4. Luca Mainardi:

   The main growth is from cooperatives, which have been growing rapidly in number the last five years thanks to Chinese government support.

5. Rakyan Adibrata:

   They want to internalize the conflicts in Indonesia so they can bring more people from the outside, just like Syria, you need to create a conflict zone very big that can be a magnet for all jihadi to come across the world to Indonesia to wage war. That's their main objective.