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Main Entry: main

Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: absolute, utter
Synonyms: brute, direct, downright, entire, mere, only, pure, sheer, simple, undisguised, utmost
Antonyms: inessential, nonessential, unnecessary
Main Entry: main
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pipe for system
Synonyms: cable, channel, conduit, duct, line, trough, trunk
Main Entry: arch
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: principal, superior
Synonyms: accomplished, champion, chief, consummate, expert, finished, first, foremost, greatest, head,
highest, leading, main, major, master, preeminent, premier, primary, top
Antonyms: inferior
Main Entry: basic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: elementary, fundamental
Synonyms: basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main,
necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, substratal, underlying, vital
Antonyms: additional, extra, inessential, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary
Main Entry: big
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important
Synonyms: big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential,
leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal,
prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty
Antonyms: blah, bland, dull, unimportant
Main Entry: cardinal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important, key
Synonyms: basal, basic, central, chief, constitutive, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, greatest, highest,
indispensable, leading, main, overriding, overruling, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal,
ruling, vital
Antonyms: inessential, insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant
Main Entry: channel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pathway, usually containing water
Synonyms: approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit,
course, dig, ditch, duct, fluting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe,
raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way

Main Entry: chief

Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: most important, essential
Synonyms: arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial,
first, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one, outstanding,
paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, significant, star,
stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty
Antonyms: inessential, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary
Main Entry: conduit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: passage
Synonyms: aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, lead-in,
lead-out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse

Definitions
Word Origin & History
main O.E. mægen (n.) "power, strength, force," from P.Gmc. *maginam- "power," from *mag- "be able, have
power" (see may). Original sense preserved in phrase with might and main. Meaning "principal channel in
 a utility system" is first recorded 1727 in main drain; Used since 1548 for "continuous stretch of land or
water."

main early 13c., "large, bulky, strong," from O.E. mægen- "power, strength, force," used in compounds (see
main (n.)), probably infl. by O.N. megenn (adj.) "strong, powerful." Sense of "chief" is c.1400. In Spanish
Main the word is short for mainland and refers to the coast between Panama and Orinoco. Main man
"favorite male friend, hero" is from 1967, U.S. black slang.

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