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Major
//ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "major" (233 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
consequentialconsiderablecore curriculumcoursecourse of studycriticalcrucialcurriculumdangerousdisciplinedistinguisheddominantdominatingdouble-barreleddramaticearthshakingeclipsingeldereldestelective
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eminentexceedingexcellentexcellingexecexecutive officerextensivefatefulfellfieldfield marshalfield officerfinerfirst lieutenantfirst-bornfirstlingfive-star generalforemostformerfour-star generalgeneralgeneral educationgeneral officergeneral studiesgeneralissimograndgravegreatgreatergrievousgrown mangrownupheavyweightheftyhigh poweredhigh-poweredhigherhumanitiesimportantin ascendancyin the ascendantjemadarjohn roy majorjunior officerkeykey signature
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (116)
keynotelandmarklargelarge scalelarge-scalelargerlegalis homoliberal artslieutenantlieutenant colonellieutenant generalmainmajor generalmajor keymajor leaguemanmarechalmarkedmarshalmaterial
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mature manmediantminormomentousnameno chickennotablenoteworthynoticeablenumber oneodof choiceofficerolderoldestone up onone-star generalorderly officeroutstandingoverparamountpedal pointpredominantpreeminentpressingprimaryprimeprimogenitaryprincipalproseminarquadriviumrarerefresher courserisaldarrivalingroyalscientific educationself-importantseminarsenior officerseriousshavetailsignificantsirdarsizablespecialspecialtysplendidstaff officerstarstarringstellarstudysubahdarsubalternsubdisciplinesubdominantsubjectsublieutenantsubmediantsubstantialsubtonicsupersuperiorsupertonicsurpassingswingeingtechnical educationthe brassthe old manthree-star generaltonalitytonictonic keytop brasstoppingtranscendenttranscendentaltranscendingtriviumtwo-star generaluglyuppervitalwomanworld shakingworld-shakingworst
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13 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
10 entriesderived
90 entriesShowing 16 of 90 words.
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1 entrieshas context
11 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesmeronym
2 entriesrelated to
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
similar
10 entriesTranslations
264 translations across 63 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- majeur adj (music: of a scale)
- majeur adj (music: of an interval)
- majoor noun (military rank)
Albanian
3 entries- madhor adj (greater in significance or importance)
- madhor adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- major noun (military rank)
Arabic
2 entries- تخصص noun (principal subject or course)
- رَائِد noun (military rank)
Armenian
1 entries- մայոր noun (military rank)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mayor noun (military rank)
Belarusian
2 entries- гало́ўны adj (greater in significance or importance)
- маёр noun (military rank)
Bengali
4 entries- প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- সাবালক adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক noun (person of legal age)
- মেজর noun (military rank)
Bulgarian
4 entries- важен adj (greater in significance or importance)
- значителен adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- мажорен adj (music: of a scale)
- пълнолетен adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
Burmese
1 entries- ဗိုလ်မှူး noun (military rank)
Catalan
3 entries- major adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- major adj (music: of a scale)
- major noun (military rank)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 主修 noun (principal subject or course)
- 專攻 /专攻 noun (principal subject or course)
- 專業 /专业 noun (principal subject or course)
- 少校 noun (military rank)
Czech
3 entries- dur adj (music: of a scale)
- durový adj (music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic)
- major noun (military rank)
Danish
3 entries- fuldmyndig adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- major noun (military rank)
- voksen noun (person of legal age)
Dutch
4 entries- meerderjarig adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- hoofdvak noun (principal subject or course)
- majoor noun (military rank)
- meerderjarige noun (person of legal age)
Esperanto
2 entries- majoro noun (military rank)
- ĉefa fako noun (principal subject or course)
Estonian
1 entries- major noun (military rank)
Finnish
4 entries- duuri adj (music: of a scale)
- merkittävä adj (greater in significance or importance)
- suuri adj (music: of an interval)
- suurin adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
French
4 entries- de taille adj (greater in significance or importance)
- majeur adj (greater in significance or importance)
- majeur adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- majeur adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
Galician
4 entries- maior adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- maior adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- meirande adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- maior noun (military rank)
Georgian
1 entries- მაიორი noun (military rank)
German
4 entries- bedeutend adj (greater in significance or importance)
- dur adj (music: of a scale)
- volljährig adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- wichtig adj (greater in significance or importance)
Greek
4 entries- μείζων adj (music: of a scale)
- μεγάλος adj (greater in significance or importance)
- μεγάλος adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- ειδικευόμενος noun (student specializing in a specified subject)
Hindi
4 entries- प्रौढ़ adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- बालिग़ adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- वयस्क adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- प्रौढ़ noun (person of legal age)
Hungarian
4 entries- dúr adj (music: of a scale)
- jelentős adj (greater in significance or importance)
- lényeges adj (greater in significance or importance)
- nagy adj (music: of an interval)
Icelandic
1 entries- myndugur adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
Indonesian
3 entries- jurusan noun (principal subject or course)
- jurusan noun (student specializing in a specified subject)
- mayor noun (military rank)
Irish
3 entries- maor noun (military rank)
- maor airm noun (military rank)
- príomhábhar noun (principal subject or course)
Italian
4 entries- considerevole adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- cospicuo adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- grande adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- importante adj (greater in significance or importance)
Japanese
4 entries- 専攻 noun (principal subject or course)
- 少佐 noun (military rank)
- 少領 noun (military rank)
- 専攻する verb (Translations)
Korean
4 entries- 소령 noun (military rank)
- 소좌 noun (military rank)
- 전공 noun (principal subject or course)
- 전공하다 verb (Translations)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- миң башы noun (military rank)
Lao
1 entries- ພັນຕີ noun (military rank)
Latin
4 entries- maior adj (greater in significance or importance)
- maior adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- major adj (greater in significance or importance)
- major adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
Latvian
1 entries- majors noun (military rank)
Lithuanian
1 entries- majoras noun (military rank)
Macedonian
2 entries- ма́јор noun (military rank)
- полноле́тник noun (person of legal age)
Malay
1 entries- mejar noun (military rank)
Manx
1 entries- ard-chaptan noun (military rank)
Mongolian
1 entries- хошууч noun (military rank)
Māori
1 entries- meiha noun (military rank)
Norwegian
2 entries- dur adj (music: of a scale)
- myndig adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
Occitan
1 entries- major adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
Persian
4 entries- بزرگ adj (greater in significance or importance)
- عمده adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- ماژور adj (music: of a scale)
- مهم adj (greater in significance or importance)
Polish
4 entries- dur adj (music: of a scale)
- durowy adj (music: containing the note which is a major third above the tonic)
- istotny adj (greater in significance or importance)
- pełnoletni adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
Portuguese
4 entries- maior adj (greater in significance or importance)
- maior adj (greater in number, quantity, or extent)
- maior adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- maior adj (music: of a scale)
Romanian
2 entries- maior noun (military rank)
- maiori noun (military rank)
Russian
4 entries- мажо́рный adj (music: of a scale)
- мажо́рный adj (music: of an interval)
- Майор noun (Translations)
- гла́вный предме́т noun (principal subject or course)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȏjnica noun (military rank)
- bȏjnīk noun (military rank)
- màjōr noun (military rank)
- бо̑јница noun (military rank)
Sicilian
3 entries- granni noun (person of legal age)
- majuri noun (military rank)
- supiriuri noun (military rank)
Slovak
1 entries- major noun (military rank)
Slovene
2 entries- majór noun (military rank)
- majórka noun (military rank)
Spanish
4 entries- groso adj (greater in significance or importance)
- grosso adj (greater in significance or importance)
- mayor adj (music: of a scale)
- mayúsculo adj (greater in significance or importance)
Swahili
1 entries- meja noun (military rank)
Swedish
3 entries- myndig adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- huvudämne noun (principal subject or course)
- major noun (military rank)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalakhan noun (principal subject or course)
Tajik
1 entries- майор noun (military rank)
Tatar
4 entries- балигъ булган noun (person of legal age)
- буйга җиткән noun (person of legal age)
- майор noun (military rank)
- яше җиткән noun (person of legal age)
Telugu
1 entries- మేజరు noun (military rank)
Thai
2 entries- พันตรี noun (military rank)
- วิชาเอก noun (principal subject or course)
Turkish
4 entries- ergin adj (of full legal age; having attained majority)
- majör adj (music: of a scale)
- binbaşı noun (military rank)
- bölüm noun (principal subject or course)
Ukrainian
2 entries- майо́р noun (military rank)
- спеціа́льність noun (principal subject or course)
Uzbek
1 entries- mayor noun (military rank)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thiếu tá noun (military rank)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Tension is a major cause of heart disease.
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The manager has put him back in the major league.
Source: tatoeba (20991)
According to some scholars, a major earthquake could occur at any moment now.
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