major

The word “major” has 2 syllables: ma-jor

It's pronounced as /ˈmeɪdʒər/

What is synonym and antonym for major?

In the thesaurus, “major” has 130 synonyms and 57 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for major along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for major

above
all-important
astronomic
astronomical
better
big
biggish
bulky
bumper
central
chief
colossal
consequential
considerable
critical
crucial
dangerous
decisive
distinctive
distinguished
dominant
earnest
earth-shattering
earthshaking
elder
elephantine
eminent
enormous
essential
eventful
exceeding
exceptional
extensive
extreme
famous
fatal
fateful
gigantic
good
goodly
grave
great
greater
grievous
handsome
healthy
heavy
heavyweight
hefty
herculean
higher
historic
huge
hulking
illustrious
immense
important
impressive
influential
jumbo
key
king-size
king-sized
large
large-scale
larger
largish
leading
life and death
main
major-league
mammoth
massive
material
meaningful
momentous
monstrous
monumental
most
much
noble
notable
noteworthy
notorious
outsize
outsized
outstanding
overshadowing
oversize
oversized
pivotal
preeminent
prestigious
primary
principal
prodigious
prominent
radical
remarkable
renowned
respectable
seminal
senior
serious
significant
sincere
sizable
sizeable
star
stellar
strategic
substantial
substantive
superior
supreme
tectonic
tidy
titanic
top
tremendous
ultra
upper
uppermost
valuable
vital
voluminous
weighty
whopping
worthwhile
worthy

Antonyms for major

anonymous
auxiliary
below
bitty
diminutive
dull
extra
humble
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inessential
inferior
insignificant
insubstantial
junior
lesser
little
lower
marginal
meager
meagre
measly
miniature
minor
minute
nameless
negligible
nominal
nonessential
obscure
paltry
petty
picayune
picayunish
piddling
pint-size
pint-sized
pocket
pocket-size
pocket-sized
puny
pygmy
secondary
short
slight
small
smallish
subordinate
tiny
trifling
trivial
uncelebrated
undersize
undersized
unimportant
unknown
worthless

Meanings of major

noun
1. A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
2. The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
3. A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
4. A person of legal age.
5. The major premise.
6. A touchdown, or major score.
7. A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
8. (British slang) An elder brother (especially at a public school).
9. A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
verb
1. To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.
adjective
1. Of great significance or importance.
2. Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
3. Of full legal age, having attained majority.
4. Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
5. Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
6. Containing the note a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
7. (campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.

Example Sentences

She decided to major in biology at university.
The company announced a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology.
His contribution played a major role in the project's success.
Traffic delays are expected due to major construction on the highway.
Winning the championship was a major accomplishment for the team.

On this page you'll find 187 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to major, such as: above, all-important, anonymous, astronomic, astronomical, auxiliary, below.

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