Common and Main

Common

Common adjective - Often observed or encountered.

Main is an antonym for common.

Main

Main adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Common is an antonym for main in principal topic.

Nearby Words: mainly, mainline

How words are described

female female common female main
setting setting common setting main
original original common original main
top top common top main
Other adjectives: single, traditional, broken.

Both words in one sentence

  • Averted in Weavers of Saramyr, rifles are common and the main weapon of the stories.
  • Useless Boyfriend It is very common that when women are the main characters, they will have a boyfriend that is depicted as a complete Badass or a Badass Normal.
  • Also a massive headache in terms of canon, since while the several main franchises share a common universe, the main works are multipath games that are inherently Alternate Universes... or something.
    Source: The Verse
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