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Divide main into syllables:

main

How to pronounce main:

Synonyms for main:

big
capital
cardinal
central
chief
critical
crucial
dominant
essential
first
foremost
great
greatest
head
highest
important
key
leading
major
master
must-have
necessary
number one
of import
outstanding
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Antonyms for main:

accessorial
accessory
accompanying
additional
adjuvant
adscititious
advanced
adventitious
alternate
alternative
amateur
ancillary
another
appurtenant
assistant
assisting
auxiliary
average
back seat
back-up
backup
bad
base
bog-standard
bottom
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Other 1-syllable words like main

Here are some other common words that have 1 syllable, like main does.

  • charts
  • smadge
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  • to
  • an
  • on
  • sun's
  • check
  • course
  • courses
  • speaks
  • abs
  • add
  • adv
  • ae
  • aet
  • aff
  • aime
  • ake
  • aled
  • alms
  • alp
  • alt
  • am
  • ames
  • amr
  • ang
  • ange
  • aol
  • art
  • asp
  • ath
  • aug
  • aute
  • awn
  • baal
  • bach
  • baek
  • baez
  • bai
  • baird
  • balle
  • balm
  • ban
  • banked
  • bao
  • bap
  • bar
  • bathe
  • … more
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