Main and Peripheral

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Main

Main adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
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Peripheral is an antonym for main.
Nearby Words: mainly, mainline

Peripheral

Peripheral adjective - Available to supply something extra when needed.
Usage example: the IT consultant suggested that we update the drivers for all of the computer's peripheral devices
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Antonyms for Peripheral
Main is an antonym for peripheral.
Nearby Word: periphery
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  • Literature / Horus Heresy Dramatis Personae: Every book has one or two pages listing the main and peripheral characters.
    Source: Literature / Horus Heresy
  • Creator / Bob Chipman In a few early episodes a peripheral character makes feeble and fallacious arguments so that the Overthinker can refute them with his main thesis.
    Source: Creator / Bob Chipman
  • He is placed in the position of the First Person Peripheral Narrator against his will by the main character (Captain Nemo) and escapes in the end.
    Source: First-Person Peripheral Narrator
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Peripheral and Main. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/main/peripheral
Main & Peripheral. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/main/peripheral>.
Peripheral or Main. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/main/peripheral.

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