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

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Grammar
   • 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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How to use main in a sentence?

1. Ramos Jr.:

   The lack of legal ownership papers is a main cause of the disorganization in the favelas.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.

3. Don Sweeney:

   Our hope is they will both be available for next series, until they’re into practice with the main group we won’t really know. But hopefully we’ll get a little extra time and they can move along in the healing process.

4. Paulo Pimenta:

   The main door was not broken, so people walked in through the door. In the National Congress building, the door was not damaged either. At the Supreme Court, you can see the door was destroyed – which clearly leads me to believe that investigations will mostly likely indicate that they may have come in here [ the Planalto presidential palace ] and in National Congress through the main door.

5. Yuri Borzakovsky:

   Our main goal is to ensure that the athletes themselves don't suffer from this situation.