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| Main Entry: | main |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pipe for system |
| Synonyms: | cable, channel, conduit, duct, line, trough, trunk |
| Notes: | main means most important element, while a mane is long coarse hair growing along the top and sides of an animal's neck or the growth of hair covering the head of a human being |
| Main Entry: | main |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, predominant |
| Synonyms: | capital, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, critical, crucial, essential, foremost, fundamental, head, leading, major, necessary, outstanding, paramount, particular, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, special, star, stellar, supreme, vital |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, extra, insignificant, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | main |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, utter |
| Synonyms: | brute, direct, downright, entire, mere, only, pure, sheer, simple, utmost, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | nonessential, unnecessary, inessential |
| 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, underlying, vital, substratal |
| Antonyms: | additional, extra, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | cardinal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, key |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, central, chief, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital, constitutive, greatest, overruling |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant, inessential |
| 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: | minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | conduit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, main, pipe, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse, lead-in, lead-out, pipeline |
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the sea |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, Poseidon's realm, blue*, brine, briny*, drink*, main, middle, ocean, the high seas |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favorite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preferred |
| Synonyms: | beloved, choice, darling, dear, especial, favored, intimate, liked, main, number one, personal, pet*, pleasant, popular, precious, sweetheart*, admired, adored, best-loved, cherished, dearest, desired, esteemed, prized, revered, treasured, wished-for |
| Antonyms: | hated, disliked, loathed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favorite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone cherished, prized |
| Synonyms: | apple of eye, beloved, chalk*, choice, darling, dear, fave, front-runner, ideal, idol, love, main, minion, number one, paramour, pet*, pick, preference, shoo-in, teacher's pet |
| Antonyms: | hate, peeve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important; chief |
| Synonyms: | arch, champion, first, foremost, front, highest, leading, main, pioneer, preeminent, premier, prime, principal, stellar, supreme, topmost |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, inferior, lower, second, secondary, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | essential, important |
| Synonyms: | basic, chief, crucial, decisive, fundamental, indispensable, leading, main, major, material, pivotal, primary, principal, vital |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, nonessential, unimportant, inessential |
| Main Entry: | leading |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chief, superior |
| Synonyms: | arch, best, champion, dominant, dominating, famous, first, foremost, governing, highest, initial, main, noted, notorious, number one, outstanding, popular, preeminent, premier, primary, principal, prominent, ruling, stellar, top, well-known, greatest, headmost, inaugural |
| Antonyms: | inferior, last, subordinate, supplementary, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | ocean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large body of water |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, Seven Seas, blue*, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny*, deep, drink*, high seas*, main, pond, puddle, salt water, sea, seaway, sink, tide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overriding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central, most important |
| Synonyms: | cardinal, compelling, determining, dominant, final, main, major, number one, paramount, pivotal, predominant, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, ruling, supreme, ultimate, overruling |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, least, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | paramount |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, superior |
| Synonyms: | capital, cardinal, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, eminent, first, foremost, leading, main, outstanding, overbearing, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevalent, primary, prime, regnant, sovereign, supreme, ascendant, headmost |
| Antonyms: | inferior, last, least, less, lesser, lowest, minor, secondary, trivial, smallest |
| Main Entry: | pipe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage, tube |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, duct, hose, line, main, sewer, spout, trough, vent, vessel, conveyer, pipeline |
| Main Entry: | predominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruling; most important |
| Synonyms: | absolute, almighty, arbitrary, authoritative, capital, chief, controlling, dominant, dominating, effective, efficacious, governing, imperious, influential, leading, main, mighty, official, omnipotent, overbearing, overpowering, paramount, potent, predominate, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, reigning, sovereign, superior, superlative, supreme, transcendent, weighty, all-powerful, ascendant, directing, holding the reins, supervisory, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | inconsequential, minor, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | preeminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important; superior |
| Synonyms: | capital, chief, consummate, distinguished, dominant, excellent, foremost, incomparable, main, major, matchless, number one, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, principal, renowned, stellar, supreme, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unsurpassed, surpassing, unequalled, unmatchable, unrivalled, unsurpassable |
| Antonyms: | inferior, low, unimportant, unknown |
| Main Entry: | premier |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leading; original |
| Synonyms: | arch, beginning, champion, chief, earliest, first, foremost, head, highest, initial, main, opening, primary, prime, principal, inaugural |
| Antonyms: | inferior, minor |
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