mainstay
noun/ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ/
Frequency rank: #12,283 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the most important part or chief support of something.
Example sentence
Tourism has long been the mainstay of the island's economy.
Synonyms & related words
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