Main definition
Main is an adjective meaning "most important element." It has 5 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Main as an adjective
most important element
"the main doors were of solid glass"
Same sense: chief, master, primary, principal
(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"
Same sense: independent
of force; of the greatest possible intensity
"by main strength"
Main as a noun
any very large body of (salt) water
Same sense: briny
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
Synonyms and antonyms
- chief definition
- master
- primary
- principal
- independent
- briny
How to say main
Main has 1 syllable and rhymes with pain. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with main
- pain
- campaign
- train
- brain
- explain
- remain
- gain
- plane
- rain
- chain
- maintain
- lane
MAIN in word games
- Scrabble
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Anagrams
- 2
Is MAIN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check MAIN in the word checker, or unscramble MAIN to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.