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Synonyms for main
meɪn, maɪnmain

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. main

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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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How to use main in a sentence?

  1. Maxim Behar:

    The main feature and top advantage of social media, which has made it such a powerful instrument in the hands of PR experts, is the ability to share - and especially the intriguing possibility of seeing your post go viral. In that case, your post is so catchy and contagiuos that it spreads like an epidemic and can consequently become a pandemic.

  2. Liz Abunaw:

    Their loss is one of the main reasons that communities lack grocery stores and other basic retail in the first place.

  3. Sandy Phan-Gillis:

    But in practice, there are also foreigners who were deported before finishing their main sentence.

  4. Father Raed Adel:

    This site was used as a main center by ISIS religious police, a center of the IS leadership. So this is an important issue, the visit of the Pope to this site that was the central administrative center of the Islamic State. This is where the Islamic State said 'we will go to Rome, occupy Rome, and cut off the head of the Pope.'.

  5. Keenan Overton:

    Fisher-Price and Mattel, their parent company, we are in negotiations to discuss kind of what we expect from talking about and speaking out on the dangers of this chair, our main thing is to inform other people so, that it won't happen to somebody else.


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