Antonyms for major
ˈmeɪ dʒərma·jor

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1. majornoun

   a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

   Antonyms:
   minor, peanut, junior, nonaged, insignificant, secondary, underage

2. Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Majornoun

   British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

   Antonyms:
   junior, minor, nonaged, secondary, peanut, underage, insignificant

3. majornoun

   a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

   "she is a linguistics major"

   Antonyms:
   nonaged, minor, underage, peanut, insignificant, junior, secondary

4. majoradjective

   the principal field of study of a student at a university

   "her major is linguistics"

   Antonyms:
   junior, minor, secondary, nonaged, insignificant, peanut, underage

5. majoradjective

   of greater importance or stature or rank

   "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

   Antonyms:
   nonaged, minor, secondary, insignificant, underage, junior, peanut

   Synonyms:
   major(ip)

6. majoradjective

   greater in scope or effect

   "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"

   Antonyms:
   nonaged, minor, peanut, underage, insignificant, secondary, junior

   Synonyms:
   major(ip)

7. majoradjective

   greater in number or size or amount

   "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"

   Antonyms:
   secondary, underage, insignificant, nonaged, junior, minor, peanut

   Synonyms:
   major(ip)

8. majoradjective

   of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

   "his major field was mathematics"

   Antonyms:
   minor, junior, insignificant, nonaged, secondary, underage, peanut

   Synonyms:
   major(ip)

9. majoradjective

   of a scale or mode

   "major scales"; "the key of D major"

   Antonyms:
   nonaged, junior, underage, secondary, minor, peanut, insignificant

   Synonyms:
   major(ip)

10. majoradjective

    of greater seriousness or danger

    "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"

    Antonyms:
    peanut, nonaged, minor, underage, secondary, insignificant, junior

    Synonyms:
    major(ip)

11. majoradjective

    of full legal age

    Antonyms:
    minor, underage, insignificant, peanut, junior, nonaged, secondary

    Synonyms:
    major(ip)

12. major(ip)verb

    of the elder of two boys with the same family name

    "Jones major"

    Antonyms:
    minor, secondary, nonaged, peanut, insignificant, underage, junior

13. majorverb

    have as one's principal field of study

    "She is majoring in linguistics"

    Antonyms:
    junior, peanut, underage, minor, secondary, nonaged, insignificant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. majoradjective

   Antonyms:
   minor

   Synonyms:
   greater, larger

How to use major in a sentence?

1. Bob Corker:

   The new U.S. policy announced by the administration is no doubt sweeping, and as of now there is no real understanding as to what changes the Cuban government is prepared to make. We will be closely examining the implications of these major policy changes in the next Congress.

2. Alexey Pushkov:

   The attention of the whole world is focused today on Helsinki and it's crystal clear to everyone: the fate of the world is being decided between Russia and the United States, the leaders of the two major powers of our planet are meeting.

3. Haribhadra Acharya:

   Chitwan( Chitwan National Park) is a major habitat for rhinos in Nepal but we have translocated them to( other parks) to make an alternate population and( as a result) the population has increased in those parks, and in Chitwan as well.

4. Mark Sanford:

   Without the president having legislators' backs, there's no way they're going to take the risks that would be inherent in a major reform bill.

5. Gerry Laderman:

   Current oil prices are not driving those decisions for us or any other major airline, i would say that is really not a factor in decisions on retaining aircraft or ordering new aircraft.

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