Main
Meaning of Main
adjective
- chief in size or importance.
a main road
the main problem is one of resources
- a principal pipe carrying water or gas to buildings, or taking sewage from them.
a faulty gas main
- the open ocean.
- short for mainsail or mainmast.
Middle English: from Old English mægen ‘physical force’, reinforced by Old Norse meginn, megn ‘strong, powerful’, both from a Germanic base meaning ‘have power’.
noun- (in the game of hazard) a number (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) called by a player before dice are thrown.
- a match between gamecocks.
late 16th century: probably from the phrase main chance .
Information about Main
CatalanHyphenation of Main
Main
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Main is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Main synonyms
Meaning chief:
Meaning independent:
Meaning briny:
Meaning chief; principal:
Meaning most important:
Meaning most prominent in rank, importance, or position:
Meaning greater or more important; main:
Meaning currently exercising authority or influence:
Meaning having power and influence over others:
Meaning of the greatest importance; principal or essential:
Meaning relating to the centre or most important part:
Meaning of crucial importance:
Meaning of first importance; main:
Meaning main; principal:
Meaning first in importance, order, or position; leading:
Meaning coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st:
Meaning great in rank, status, or importance:
Meaning denoting the largest or most important item of its kind:
Meaning forming a necessary base or core; of central importance:
Meaning highest in rank or authority:
Meaning present as the strongest or main element:
Meaning more important than anything else; supreme:
Meaning more important than any other considerations:
Meaning of the greatest importance; fundamental:
Meaning decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something:
Meaning indispensable to the continuance of life:
Meaning expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements:
Meaning (of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty:
Meaning of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else:
Meaning most noticeable or important:
Meaning forming an essential or typical feature; fundamental:
Meaning absolutely necessary; extremely important:
Meaning a piece of thin wire with two short right-angled end pieces which are driven by a stapler through sheets of paper to fasten them together:
Meaning belonging naturally; essential:
Meaning requiring immediate action or attention:
Meaning the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses:
Meaning a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically:
Meaning the sea:
Meaning water strongly impregnated with salt:
Main antonyms
Meaning less important than but related or supplementary to something:
Meaning lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance:
Translation of Main
- German: Main
Anagrams of Main
Amin, amin, Iman, iman, Mani, mani, mian, Mina, mina
Words that rhyme with Main
main, Samain, amain, submain, mocmain, midmain, Tremain, baisemain, demain, legerdemain, remain, Almain, Balmain, Maulmain, almain, Romain, codomain, domain, homeodomain, microdomain, multidomain, nanodomain, ptomain, Charmain, Germain, Jermain, germain, pearmain, watermain, dismain, mortmain, tumain
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