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Synonyms for main

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adjective · most important element

“the chief aim of living”

adjective · (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”

noun · any very large body of (salt) water