Major definition
Major is an adjective meaning "of greater importance or stature or rank." It has 12 meanings, as an adjective, a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun, verb
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Major as an adjective
of greater importance or stature or rank
"a major artist"
greater in scope or effect
"a major contribution"
greater in number or size or amount
"a major portion (a majority) of the population"
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
"his major field was mathematics"
(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
"major scales"
of greater seriousness or danger
"a major earthquake"
of full legal age
of the elder of two boys with the same family name
"Jones major"
Major as a noun
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
"she is a linguistics major"
the principal field of study of a student at a university
"her major is linguistics"
Major as a verb
have as one's principal field of study
"She is majoring in linguistics"
Synonyms and antonyms
Opposite: minor.
How to say major
Major has 2 syllables and rhymes with teenager. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with major
- teenager
- wager
- pager
- ager
- yager
- stager
- gauger
- rampager
MAJOR in word games
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Anagrams
- 1
Is MAJOR a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check MAJOR in the word checker, or unscramble MAJOR to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
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