Main and Usual

Main

Main adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Usual is an antonym for main in principal topic.

Nearby Words: mainly, mainline

Usual

Usual adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

Main is an antonym for usual.

Nearby Words: usually, usualness

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Haunting Hour The episode has a greater emphasis on romance than usual and the main cast spend at least half their time walking around, soaking wet, in swimwear.
  • Umineko: When They Cry uses this as one of its main morals, especially late in, with the usual metaphor of reading someone's diary.
  • Series / 24 Or the sudden involvement of the FBI as the main heroes trying to stop terrorists attacks instead of the usual CTU.
    Source: Series / 24
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Usual and Main. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/main/usual
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Usual or Main. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/main/usual.
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