English Explanatory Dictionary

mainstream

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
noun
  1. The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
  2. That which is common; the norm.
verb
  1. To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
  2. To become mainstream.
  3. To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

Pronunciation

/meɪn.stɹiːm/ en-us-mainstream.ogg

Word forms

mainstream more mainstream most mainstream mainstreams mainstreaming mainstreamed

Etymology

From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).

Synonyms

common usual widespread conventional

Antonyms

fringe nonmainstream alternative

Derived words

antimainstream blackstream fakestream gaystream lamestream mainsleaze mainstreamable mainstream consciousness mainstreamer mainstreaming mainstreamish mainstreamism mainstreamist mainstreamization mainstreamize mainstreamness mainstreamy malestream popstream whitestream
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