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main
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of MAIN
1
muscular strength <all their might and main could not budge the stalled car>
Near Antonyms impotence, impotency, weakness; debilitation, debility, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity
2
one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division <islanders periodically traveled back to the main for supplies>
Related Words subcontinent, supercontinent
Near Antonyms island, isle, islet; atoll, barrier reef, cay, coral reef, key; cape, headland, peninsula, promontory
3
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts <the main of the tree is still healthy>
Related Words majority; aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole; bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance; center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat; affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport; matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic
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