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might and main

ADVERB

mightily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

energetically lustily strenuously strongly vigorously

WEAK

arduously forcibly hard hardly laboriously powerfully with all one's strength

Antonyms

WEAK

little weakly

NOUN

authority

Synonyms

STRONGEST

force government jurisdiction rule

STRONG

ascendancy authorization beef charge clout command credit domination dominion edge esteem goods guts influence juice jump license mastery might permission permit pizazz pow powerhouse prerogative prestige punch right ropes say say-so steam strength stuff supremacy sway warrant weight word

WEAK

leg up strong arm upper hand what it takes whip hand

Antonyms

STRONG

breach break disadvantage inferiority lack lethargy powerlessness prohibition subordination weakness

NOUN

say-so

Synonyms

STRONG

ascendancy authorization beef charge clout command control credit domination dominion edge esteem force goods government guts influence juice jump jurisdiction license mastery might permission permit pizazz pow power powerhouse prerogative prestige punch right ropes rule say sovereignty steam strength stuff supremacy sway warrant weight word zap

WEAK

leg up strong arm upper hand what it takes whip hand

Antonyms

STRONG

breach break disadvantage impotence inability incapacity incompetence inefficiency inferiority lack lethargy powerlessness prohibition submission subordination subservience surrender weakness yielding

Example Sentences

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A European Commission spokesman refused to speculate on the latest talks on Thursday, but said EU negotiators were working "might and main" to deliver a deal for Europe's consumers and companies.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

What a paradox: This city, and the feds, are now trying with might and main to find housing for its veterans — in effect to re-create a barracks that thousands of veterans had called home.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

And who should it be that Charles de Gaulle, 74, hails back to but Rudricus the Great, who ruled Ireland with might and main for 70 years before he died in 219 B.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have always urged fighting wars and other contentions with might and main till overwhelming victory, and then offering the hand of friendship to the vanquished.

From Time Magazine Archive

Count Moritz Lichnowsky was one of the company, in which Beethoven opposed with might and main the omission of a single bar, and gave all present a great deal of trouble.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

might and main

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