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Synonyms for MAIN
meɪn, maɪnmain
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Princeton's WordNet
main, brinynoun
any very large body of (salt) water
Antonyms:
unimportant, mildmainadjective
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
Synonyms:
brinyAntonyms:
mild, unimportantchief(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, unimportantindependent, 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, mildmain(a)adjective
of force; of the greatest possible intensity
"by main strength"
Antonyms:
unimportant, mild
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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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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#83 | first | |
#104 | top | |
#209 | great | |
#330 | big | |
#373 | main | |
#462 | large | |
#569 | key | |
#570 | body | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#644 | hand | |
#686 | central | |
#945 | basic | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1314 | master | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1445 | senior | |
#1465 | leading | |
#1617 | core | |
#1771 | parent | |
#1793 | chief | |
#1812 | largest | |
#2108 | prime | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2791 | majority | |
#2831 | principal | |
#3023 | greatest | |
#3977 | bulk | |
#3985 | primarily | |
#4284 | mainly | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#5725 | trunk | |
#7495 | mainstream | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#11587 | keynote | |
#14599 | foremost | |
#18685 | predicate | |
#23124 | predominant | |
#26134 | overriding | |
#28158 | salient | |
#34667 | overarching | |
#68565 | principale | |
#120905 | principaux | |
#125484 | briny |
How to use MAIN in a sentence?
Keep moving is the main thing, i think I reiterate three or four times in the book, ‘Do not start going down the stairs sideways.’ It feels good on your knees but it throws the hips out and the back starts to go out, the next thing you know, you’ve fallen down and broken your hip. So even if it hurts a little, go down the stars front-ways.
The presidential race is the main event. It has everything : It has glamour, it has money, it has power -- it's showbiz. It's an attraction, and off years are like the lounge act. Who goes there -- right ?
Syrian President Bashar Assad:
And now the main founder of the White Helmets has been killed, he was an officer and he had worked his whole life with NATO in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, and Lebanon.
The main problem that people wearing masks throws up is the sheer volume of people suddenly covering their faces, it could create opportunities for people who want to cover their face for nefarious reasons. They could potentially now do so without raising suspicion.
We have formal security on the doors and windows, but we wanted to add this for cheap, price and the fact that the system automatically alerts you when something happens were the two main reasons we decided to move in this direction.
Translations for MAIN
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- رَئِيسِيّArabic
- anaAzerbaijani
- гало́ўныBelarusian
- principalCatalan, Valencian
- hlavníCzech
- vigtigsteDanish
- Hauptleitung, hauptsächlich, Haupt-German
- κυρίωςGreek
- ĉefaEsperanto
- principalSpanish
- pea-Estonian
- اصلیPersian
- pää-, pääasiallinen, iso, valta, pääjohtoFinnish
- principalFrench
- ard-phiobManx
- ראשיHebrew
- főHungarian
- terutama, paling pentingIndonesian
- principaleItalian
- עיקריHebrew
- 主, 主要Japanese
- მთავარიGeorgian
- បំពង់ធំ, ដើមKhmer
- 주요한Korean
- pelagusLatin
- matuaMāori
- utama, tinoMalay
- hoofdzakelijke, voornaamste, belangrijkst, belangrijkste, hoofdzakelijkDutch
- hoved-Norwegian
- głównyPolish
- principalPortuguese
- основной, главныйRussian
- hlavnýSlovak
- glávenSlovene
- allmän, huvud, huvudsaklig, generellSwedish
- ముఖ్యమైన, ప్రధానమైనTelugu
- anaTurkish
- مرکزیUrdu
- chủ yếu, chủ, chính, quan trọngVietnamese
- cifikVolapük
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