Definition for Mainstay:

• the forestay that braces the mainmast

Synonyms for Mainstay:

• n.

  •
  • a tower of strength,
  • a man/woman of his/her word,
  • trouper.
  •anchor (noun)
  • de-fenses,
  • grappling irons,
  • mud hooks,
  • de fenses.
  •artifact (noun)
  • mainstay.
  •backbone (noun)
  • backbone.
  •bastion (noun)
  • stronghold,
  • tower of strength,
  • breastworks,
  • breastwork.
  •brace (noun)
  • under-pinning,
  • under pinning.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • guard,
  • redoubts,
  • redoubt,
  • outworks,
  • outwork,
  • Vallation.
  •chief support (noun)
  • pillar,
  • right-hand person,
  • linchpin,
  • stay,
  • sinew,
  • prop,
  • standby,
  • good right arm,
  • staff.
  •cornerstone (noun)
  • key element,
  • mainspring,
  • main ingredient,
  • mainsprings,
  • linchpins.
  •pillar (noun)
  • aid.
  •protagonist (noun)
  • standard-bearer,
  • exponent,
  • central character,
  • protagonists,
  • warrior,
  • lead character,
  • standardbearer,
  • prime mover.
  •sponsor (noun)
  • grubstakers,
  • another adherents.
  •strength (noun)
  • INS.
  •support/supporter (noun)
  • de fenders,
  • co worker,
  • up holder,
  • de-fender,
  • pre servers,
  • sub-scribers,
  • ex-pounder,
  • sub scribers,
  • pre-servers,
  • pre server,
  • sub scriber,
  • sub-scriber,
  • co workers,
  • up holders,
  • well wishers,
  • ex-pounders,
  • ex pounder,
  • well-wishers,
  • up-holders,
  • de-fenders,
  • well wisher,
  • pre-server,
  • de fender,
  • up-holder,
  • ex pounders.

• v.

  •support (verb)
  • is a foundation for,
  • up hold,
  • are a foundation for,
  • up holding,
  • up holds,
  • under girds,
  • keeps from falling,
  • up-held,
  • up-holds,
  • up bear,
  • under gird,
  • up-borne,
  • upbears,
  • were a foundation for,
  • are foundation for,
  • under girt,
  • up bearing,
  • up-bears,
  • was foundation for,
  • up-hold,
  • be foundation for,
  • up bore,
  • undergirt,
  • up borne,
  • under-girded,
  • under-girds,
  • art foundation for,
  • up-bearing,
  • under-gird,
  • art a foundation for,
  • wert a foundation for,
  • up-bore,
  • mainstayed,
  • keeping from falling,
  • were foundation for,
  • upbore,
  • upborne,
  • shores up,
  • being foundation for,
  • up-holding,
  • up-bear,
  • was a foundation for,
  • mainstaying,
  • wert foundation for,
  • upbearing,
  • being a foundation for,
  • up bears,
  • under-girding,
  • up held,
  • kept from falling,
  • wast foundation for,
  • under girded,
  • am a foundation for,
  • under girding,
  • under-girt,
  • is foundation for,
  • wast a foundation for.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • crutch,
  • right-hand man,
  • straight shooter,
  • confidant.
  •
  • trust.
  •
  • hope.
  •support
  • Bottoming,
  • bottomed,
  • crutching,
  • Upbear,
  • Crutched,
  • undergird,
  • keep from falling,
  • undergirded,
  • supporting,
  • undergirding,
  • shored up,
  • be a foundation for,
  • undergirds,
  • shoring up,
  • shore up.
  •truss
  • girder.

Paraphrases for Mainstay:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pillar, linchpin, lynchpin.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    highlights, basis, keystone, mainstream, Underpinning, foundation, prop, sustenance.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    main.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backbone, cornerstone, centrepiece, main, fulcrum, plank, breadwinner, staple, bedrock, pivot, anchor, heart, strut, centerpiece.

Mainstay Sentence Examples:

• Some people find religion a burden; others regard it as an indifferently useless institution, in which they desire no share, and concerning which they never trouble themselves; others, again, look upon it as the mainstay of their lives.

• Scattered gardens had been devastated; homes built by great effort had been destroyed in a night; family circles had been broken by death, or by capture, and the colony had suffered the loss of strong young men who were its mainstay.

Homophones for Mainstay:

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Hyponym for Mainstay:

• n.

  • artifact
    forestay.
  • person
    admirer, supporter, champion, protagonist, booster, friend.