Synonyms of staples

staples 1 of 2

noun

plural of staple

as in weights

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts

reading is the very staple of a person's education

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weights
• bodies
• cores
• masses
• bulks
• chiefs
• mains
• roots
• essences
• majorities
• bottoms
• substances
• burdens
• hearts
• brunts
• entireties
• centers
• meats
• generalities
• wholes
• kernels
• natures
• amounts
• foci
• hefts
• focuses
• nuts
• subjects
• sums
• matters
• stuff
• motifs
• topics
• nuclei
• themes
• hubs
• aggregates
• totals
• souls
• middles
• seats
• quanta
• texts
• essentialities
• arguments
• totalities
• marrows
• sum totals
• piths
• affairs
• pitches
• nucleuses
• quintessences
• nubs
• points
• gists
• cruxes
• cruces
• purports

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• accessories
• components
• extensions
• parts
• ingredients
• sections
• pieces
• constituents
• appendages
• segments
• offshoots
• adjuncts
• features
• accessaries
• sides
• divisions
• aspects
• qualities
• facets
• angles

staples

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of staple

as in clips

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clips
• clamps
• glues
• ties
• pins
• rivets
• screws
• nails
• straps
• tacks
• sticks
• latches
• adheres
• yokes
• clasps
• harnesses
• toggles
• shackles
• plasters
• pastes
• bolts
• tackles
• lashes
• clinches
• laces
• hasps
• affixes
• clenches
• hangs
• cinches
• links
• attaches
• fastens
• bends
• connects
• fixes
• buttons
• joins
• coapts
• unites
• resecures
• refastens
• reaffixes
• battens
• reattaches
• refixes
• belays
• does up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parts
• detaches
• unfastens
• splits
• unhooks
• undoes
• separates
• disconnects
• divides
• disjoins
• severs
• divorces
• breaks up
• sunders
• dissociates
• disunites
• uncouples
• disjoints
• loosens
• dissevers
• unyokes
• looses
• unlinks
• unbinds
• unties
• unfixes
• unlashes