mainsheet

Questions about mainsheet

What is another word for mainsheet?

It depends which mainsheet you mean. In the sense “(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind”, the synonyms are sheet, tack, weather sheet, shroud. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of mainsheet?

WordNet records no antonym for mainsheet. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for mainsheet come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of mainsheet

• Full entry for mainsheetAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for mainsheetWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.