Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

main character

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: main char-ac-ter
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who becomes a focal point of discussion on a social media platform (particularly Twitter).

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see main, character.

Example Sentences

"With his Jill Biden essay, Joseph Epstein became Twitter’s main character this month."
"Unless you’re in the business of receiving hate clicks for profit, you never want to be the “main character” of Twitter."
"And while Trump, at least, now faces a reckoning over his most consequential tweets via the January 6 hearings, one final way to understand Elon Musk as our new main character is to consider the internet that has incentivized the rise of both men."

Inflected Forms

main characters (plural)

Phrases

main character syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

protagonist

Questions

What does main character mean?: A person who becomes a focal point of discussion on a social media platform (particularly Twitter).

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