majority

The word “majority” has 4 syllables: ma-jor-i-ty

It's pronounced as /məˈdʒɔːrəti/

What is synonym and antonym for majority?

In the thesaurus, “majority” has 79 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for majority

abundance
adulthood
adultness
age of consent
autumn
best part
bloom
bulk
characteristic
common
communal
contemporary
current
dominant
drinking age
estate
everyday
familiar
flush
full age
general
generality
greater number
greater part
heap
heyday
household
larger part
legal maturity
loads
lot
manhood
mass
maturity
max
maximum
middle age
midlife
more
more than half
most
much
oodles
overall
pandemic
pervasive
plenty
plurality
pop
popular
predominant
preponderance
preponderant
present
prevailing
prevalent
prime
prime of life
profusion
public
reams
received
rife
ripe age
ruling
scads
seniority
shared
superiority
typical
unanimous
universal
usual
voting age
vulgar
wealth
well-known
widespread
womanhood

Antonyms for majority

adolescence
babyhood
childhood
couple
distinctive
especial
few
handful
idiosyncratic
immaturity
individual
infancy
inferiority
least
minimum
minority
nonage
nonpublic
peculiar
personal
private
rare
secondary
separate
singular
smattering
special
sprinkling
strange
toddlerhood
uncommon
underage
unique
unknown
unpopular
unusual
youth

Meanings of majority

noun
1. More than half (50%) of some group.
2. The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
3. Legal adulthood.
4. The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
5. Ancestors; ancestry.

Example Sentences

Majority of the students preferred the new curriculum over the old one.
The candidate won the election with a significant majority of votes.
In most democracies, decisions are made by the majority vote.
The majority of customers were satisfied with the quality of the product.
Despite the opposition, the proposal was passed by a slim majority in the council.

On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to majority, such as: abundance, adolescence, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, autumn, babyhood.

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