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Synonyms for mainly

The synonym for mainly recorded in this bank is primarily, in the sense "for the most part". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adverb

The synonym for mainly

primarilyadverb, in the sense "for the most part"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and mainly carries one sense so far.

The senseadverbTier 3, Ridgeline

for the most part

He is mainly interested in butterflies.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

primarily

Same sentence, swapped: He is primarily interested in butterflies.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where mainly stands in the sentence above.

altogether
approximately
virtually

Where mainly turns up in the game

mainly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play mainly

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mainly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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rewritenounrevisionsomething that has been written againRidgelineCommunicationHas a reason line rhetoricnounoratorylanguage designed to persuade, often with style over substanceRidgelineCommunicationHas a reason line richadjectiveampleaffording an abundant supplyRidgelineQualitiesHas a reason line richnessnounfullnessthe property of a sensation that is rich and pleasingRidgelineQualities2 sensesHas a reason line rigidadjectivesetfixed and unmovingRidgelineStates and conditions2 senses risingadjectiveemergingcoming to maturityRidgelineHas a reason line roaringadjectiveboomingvery lively and profitableRidgelineStates and conditions robustadjectiverichmarked by richness and fullness of flavorRidgelineQualities

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