major

Meanings

Plural: majors

Noun

• a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
• British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
• 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"
• A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
• A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
• An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
• A person of legal age.
• Ellipsis of major key.
• Ellipsis of major interval.
• Ellipsis of major scale.
• A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
• A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
• The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
• The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
• A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
• Ellipsis of major term.
• Ellipsis of major premise.
• Ellipsis of major suit.
• A touchdown, or major score.
• A goal.
• An elder brother (especially at a public school).
• A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
• Alternative form of mayor and mair.

Verb

• have as one's principal field of study
  • "She is majoring in linguistics"
• Used in a phrasal verb: major in.

Adjective

• of greater importance or stature or rank
  • "a major artist"
  • "a major role"
  • "major highways"
• greater in scope or effect
  • "a major contribution"
  • "a major improvement"
  • "a major break with tradition"
  • "a major misunderstanding"
• greater in number or size or amount
  • "a major portion (a majority) of the population"
  • "Ursa Major"
  • "a major portion of the winnings"
• of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
  • "his major field was mathematics"
• of a scale or mode
  • "major scales"
  • "the key of D major"
• of greater seriousness or danger
  • "a major earthquake"
  • "a major hurricane"
  • "a major illness"
• of full legal age

Adjective Satellite

• of the elder of two boys with the same family name
  • "Jones major"

Adj

• Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
• Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
• Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
• Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
• Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
• Of full legal age, having attained majority.
• Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
• Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)
• Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
• Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
• Having a major third above the root.
• (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
• Bell changes rung on eight bells.
• Indicating the elder of two brothers (or the eldest of three), appended to a surname in public schools.
• Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
• Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)

Synonyms

considerable, course, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major, main

Antonyms

minor

Related Words

labia major, majorant, pectoralis major, psoas major, rectus capitis posterior major, rhomboid major, teres major, vis major, zygomaticus major, état major

Anagrams of major