mainstay

Meaning of mainstay

noun
  1. A chief support.
    Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.
  2. Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
  3. A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.

Information about mainstay

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of mainstay is: mainstays.
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Hyphenation of mainstay

main-stay

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • mainstay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

mainstay synonyms

Meaning pillar:

pillar

Meaning anchor:

anchor, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin

Anagrams of mainstay

Mayanist

Words that rhyme with mainstay

stay, astay, bobstay, jibstay, headstay, sandstay, bestay, forestay, homestay, withstay, backstay, buckstay, jackstay, farmstay, hornstay, sunstay, upstay, overstay, understay, misstay, outstay

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