Synset:anchor backbone keystone linchpin mainstay
Examples:
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
Derivationally Related Form:anchor
Hypernyms:support
Inherited Hypernyms:anchorsupportinfluencedeterminantcognitive factorcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity