Definition for Staple:

• A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.

Synonyms for Staple:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • staple.
  •necessary, basic (adjective)
  • popular,
  • chief,
  • principal,
  • in demand,
  • primary,
  • important,
  • fundamental,
  • main,
  • predominant.
  •standard (adjective)
  • more regulation,
  • re cognized,
  • re-cognized,
  • pre vailing,
  • most regulation,
  • most boilerplate,
  • more boilerplate.
  •stock (adjective)
  • over-used,
  • re gular,
  • stereo typed,
  • stocker,
  • over used,
  • re-gular.

• n.

  •
  • carbon paper,
  • acetate,
  • correction fluid,
  • business card,
  • clipboard,
  • blotting paper,
  • blotter,
  • carbon,
  • card.
  •
  • fasten,
  • fix,
  • secure,
  • attach,
  • connect,
  • join.
  •
  • creole,
  • aphrodisiac,
  • baby food,
  • confectionery,
  • comfort food,
  • carbohydrate,
  • base,
  • convenience food,
  • dairy.
  •artifact (noun)
  • basic.
  •body (noun)
  • main parts,
  • sub structures,
  • sub structure,
  • sub-structures,
  • sub-structure.
  •bolt (noun)
  • sliding bars.
  •core (noun)
  • main ideas,
  • up-shot,
  • up shot,
  • mid point,
  • up shots,
  • mid points,
  • meat potatoes,
  • up-shots.
  •corpus (noun)
  • complete works,
  • complete work,
  • extant works,
  • opera omnia.
  •essential (noun)
  • essential.
  •fastener (noun)
  • clinch,
  • guy,
  • medium,
  • bonding,
  • anchor,
  • pin,
  • skewer,
  • clasp,
  • rabbet,
  • splice,
  • fastening,
  • thread,
  • catch,
  • button,
  • cincture,
  • chain,
  • clip,
  • cotter,
  • string,
  • fuse,
  • braid,
  • hinge,
  • closure,
  • binding,
  • link,
  • hasp,
  • lock,
  • tie,
  • hitch,
  • glue,
  • go-between,
  • mucilage,
  • coupling,
  • strap,
  • cinch,
  • knitting,
  • stay,
  • clamp,
  • belt,
  • spike,
  • ligament,
  • agent,
  • Vinculum,
  • buckle,
  • seal,
  • suture,
  • paste,
  • bracket,
  • fastener,
  • binder,
  • latch,
  • knot,
  • stitch,
  • cement,
  • zipper,
  • hawser,
  • cleat,
  • band,
  • snap,
  • middleman,
  • bond,
  • hook,
  • connector,
  • brace,
  • mediator,
  • vise,
  • weld,
  • grapnel,
  • lace,
  • twine.
  •fiber (noun)
  • Tissues,
  • fibril,
  • woofs,
  • woof,
  • footlet,
  • tissue,
  • tendril,
  • Cilia,
  • fibrils.
  •food (noun)
  • foodstuff.
  •foodstuff (noun)
  • pro vision,
  • pro-vision,
  • pro-visions,
  • pro-venders,
  • pro-vender,
  • pro visions,
  • pro vender.
  •grain (noun)
  • make ups,
  • sur faces,
  • sur face,
  • warp woof,
  • sur-face.
  •mass (noun)
  • greater parts,
  • great deals,
  • lions share,
  • lion share.
  •merchandise (noun)
  • cargo,
  • produce,
  • ware,
  • inventory,
  • goods,
  • effects,
  • article.
  •natural resources (noun)
  • raw material.
  •necessary (noun)
  • compulsory,
  • vital,
  • without fail,
  • of necessity,
  • obligatory,
  • indispensable,
  • at all costs.
  •needle (noun)
  • barb,
  • pike,
  • gimlet,
  • hat pin,
  • fishhook,
  • quill,
  • lance,
  • awl,
  • spur,
  • spine,
  • harpoon,
  • prong,
  • spear,
  • needle.
  •raw material (noun)
  • grist,
  • organic matter,
  • basic material,
  • unprocessed material,
  • primal matter.
  •staff of life (noun)
  • pane,
  • daily bread,
  • panes,
  • staple food,
  • necessary food.
  •stuff (noun)
  • nuts bolts,
  • nittygritty,
  • virtualities.
  •substance (noun)
  • general meaning,
  • concreteness,
  • way of it,
  • name of game.
  •thread (noun)
  • lints,
  • flaxes,
  • ravelings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sacred cow,
  • focal point,
  • sine qua non,
  • Underpinning,
  • basics,
  • nuance,
  • big deal,
  • the gist,
  • fine print,
  • meat,
  • the leading edge,
  • treasure,
  • foundation,
  • high point,
  • bottom line,
  • basis,
  • agenda,
  • requisite,
  • fundamentals,
  • crowning glory,
  • obsession,
  • the quick,
  • starter pack,
  • fulcrum,
  • determinant,
  • skeleton,
  • keynote,
  • centerpiece,
  • passport,
  • nub,
  • byway,
  • linchpin,
  • need,
  • starter kit,
  • necessary,
  • keystone,
  • the nitty-gritty,
  • nucleus,
  • first principles,
  • prerequisite.
  •
  • essence,
  • building block,
  • consideration,
  • imperative,
  • demand,
  • cornerstone,
  • driver,
  • prize,
  • bulk,
  • lifeblood,
  • pivot,
  • foundation stone,
  • requirement,
  • pith,
  • necessity,
  • plank,
  • religion,
  • priority.
  •
  • key,
  • provision,
  • supply,
  • force,
  • kernel,
  • resource.
  •
  • concern,
  • heart.

Paraphrases for Staple:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    non-continuous, intermittent, discrete, dashed, elementary.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    goods, foodstuff, commodity.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    discontinuous, disc.
  • Proper noun, singular
    stapler.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    discontinuous, clasp, mainstay, disc.

Antonyms for Staple:

• adj.

  • necessary, basic
    insignificant, extra, inessential, auxiliary, trivial, unnecessary, subordinate, secondary, unimportant, minor, nonessential.

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    extension, division, ingredient, facet, aspect, appendage, element, offshoot, section, part, accessory, quality, segment, component, piece, unessential, adjunct, angle, feature, constituent, side.

• v.

  • contact
    unstaple.

Staple Sentence Examples:

• And so somewhat more than a year passed away, during which he was but little at Hurst Staple, and very little at West Putford.

• Salt in those days, as in the present, formed one of the staple articles of trade, therefore a ship would generally have from 200 to 300 tons of this on board, all of which would have to be landed into one of these store houses.

Homophones for Staple:

• sheet pile, shadow play, stopple, stifle, setubal, stable, stuffily, sextuple, satiable, St. Paul, stipule, staphylea, suicide pill, steeple, stiffly, see double, seed weevil, she-devil, shadblow, stapelia, shadfly, stoppable, south pole, stabile, stubbly, suitably, sheath pile, suitable, sight bill, suggestible, stipple, stubble, styphelia.

Hyponym for Staple:

• n.

  • artifact
    commodity, nail, good, trade good, paper fastener.

• v.

  • contact
    fix, fasten, secure.