Definition for Mainspring:

• The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer.

Synonyms for Mainspring:

• n.

  •artifact (noun)
  • mainspring.
  •bottom (noun)
  • essence,
  • essentiality,
  • heart,
  • bottom line,
  • stuff,
  • soul,
  • basis,
  • ground,
  • principle,
  • source,
  • substance,
  • Virtuality,
  • marrow,
  • pith,
  • piths,
  • quintessence,
  • mainsprings.
  •causes (noun)
  • base,
  • catalyst,
  • contributor,
  • trigger,
  • influence,
  • occasion,
  • impetus,
  • culprit.
  •cornerstone (noun)
  • essential,
  • linchpin,
  • pillar,
  • keystone,
  • key element,
  • mainstay,
  • anchor,
  • linchpins,
  • main ingredient.
  •fountain (noun)
  • fount,
  • font,
  • gush,
  • geyser,
  • lode,
  • spray,
  • wellspring,
  • pump,
  • reservoir,
  • wellhead,
  • inception,
  • bubblers,
  • spout,
  • stream,
  • jet,
  • wellheads,
  • bubbler,
  • provenance,
  • play,
  • Well-spring,
  • mine,
  • inspiration,
  • well.
  •heart (noun)
  • power.
  •provenience (noun)
  • mother.
  •root (noun)
  • footing,
  • stem,
  • beginnings,
  • fountainhead,
  • seat,
  • groundwork,
  • infrastructure,
  • fundamental,
  • reason,
  • substratum,
  • quick,
  • bedrock,
  • Underpinning,
  • tuber.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • bottom,
  • causality,
  • cause,
  • cornerstone,
  • fountain,
  • keynote,
  • motive,
  • origin,
  • radicle,
  • radix,
  • rhizome,
  • root,
  • roots,
  • rootstock,
  • spring,
  • starting point,
  • Radices,
  • Radixes,
  • Provenience,
  • rock bottom,
  • Causalities,
  • generators,
  • origins,
  • keynotes,
  • keystones,
  • basic idea,
  • horse's mouth,
  • infra-structure,
  • quicks,
  • rhizomes.

Paraphrases for Mainspring:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    backbone.

Antonyms for Mainspring:

• n.

  • bottom
    effect, outcome, outside, end, top, outgrowth, consequence, result, Exteriority.
  • cause
    development, finish, issue, discouragement, product, fruit, conclusion, neglect, thoughtlessness.
  • keynote
    surface, periphery.
  • motive
    hindrance, deterrent.
  • origin
    close, completion, death, termination, finale, goal, ending, destiny.
  • root
    extra, exterior, sprout, derivation, trivia, derivative.

Mainspring Sentence Examples:

• In these games and what was connected with them I detected the mainspring of the moral strength which animated the pupils and the young people in the institution.

• Such republicanism had been the very mainspring of life at the bijou.

Homophones for Mainspring:

• mispronounce, Mesabi Range, menispermaceae.

Holonyms for Mainspring:

• n.

  • artifact
    clockwork.

Hyponym for Mainspring:

• n.

  • artifact
    spring.