major
adjective
1. of greater importance or stature or rank
- a major artist
- a major role
- major highways
Similar word(s): leading, prima, star, starring, stellar
2. greater in scope or effect
- a major contribution
- a major improvement
- a major break with tradition
3. greater in number or size or amount
- a major portion (a majority) of the population
- Ursa Major
- a major portion of the winnings
Similar word(s): better
4. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
- his major field was mathematics
5. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
- major scales
- the key of D major
6. of greater seriousness or danger
- a major earthquake
- a major hurricane
- a major illness
7. of full legal age
8. of the elder of two boys with the same family name
- Jones major
Similar word(s): senior
Sentences with major as an adjective:
- the major part of the assembly
- a major scale.
noun
1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Definition categories: person
2. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
Definition categories: person
3. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
- she is a linguistics major
Definition categories: person, educatee, pupil, student
4. the principal field of study of a student at a university
- her major is linguistics
Definition categories: thought, bailiwick, discipline, field, study, subject
Sentences with major as a noun:
- He used to be a major in the army.
- This is Major Jones.
- Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
- She is a math major.