Majority

//məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti//

Synonyms for "majority" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (24)

Noun(1 words)
legal age

Related words (40)

Noun(1 words)
simple majority

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

5 entries

Antonyms

4 entries

Related terms

3 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

distinct from

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

10 entries

Translations

125 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • mazhorancë noun (more than half)
  • shumicë noun (more than half)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَغْلَبِيّة noun (more than half)
  • أَكْثَرِيَّة noun (more than half)
  • غَالِبِيَّة noun (more than half)
  • مُعْظَم noun (more than half)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մեծամասնություն noun (more than half)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • çoxluq noun (more than half)
  • çoxluq, əksəriyyət noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • əksəriyyət noun (more than half)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • күпселек noun (more than half)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • бо́льшасць noun (more than half)

Bengali

2 entries
  • সাবালকতা noun (legal adulthood)
  • সাবালকত্ব noun (legal adulthood)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • болшинство noun (more than half)
  • мнозинство noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • пълнолетие noun (legal adulthood)

Burmese

2 entries
  • လူများစု noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • အများစု noun (more than half)

Catalan

3 entries
  • majoria noun (more than half)
  • majoria noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • majoria d'edat noun (legal adulthood)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 公決 /公决 noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • 多數 /多数 noun (more than half)

Czech

1 entries
  • většina noun (more than half)

Danish

2 entries
  • flertal noun (more than half)
  • myndighedsalder noun (legal adulthood)

Dutch

2 entries
  • meerderheid noun (more than half)
  • merendeel noun (more than half)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • plejparto noun (more than half)
  • plimulto noun (more than half)

Estonian

1 entries
  • enamus noun (more than half)

Finnish

4 entries
  • enemmistö noun (more than half)
  • enemmistö noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • täysi-ikäisyys noun (legal adulthood)
  • yksinkertainen enemmistö noun (more than half)

French

2 entries
  • majorité noun (more than half)
  • majorité noun (legal adulthood)

Galician

2 entries
  • maioría noun (more than half)
  • maioría noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უმრავლესობა noun (more than half)

German

3 entries
  • Erwachsenenalter noun (legal adulthood)
  • Majorität noun (more than half)
  • Mehrheit noun (more than half)

Greek

4 entries
  • ενηλικιότητα noun (legal adulthood)
  • πλειονότητα noun (more than half)
  • πλειοψηφία noun (more than half)
  • πλειοψηφία noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अधिकांश noun (more than half)
  • बालिग़पन noun (legal adulthood)
  • वयस्कता noun (legal adulthood)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • nagykorúság noun (legal adulthood)
  • többség noun (more than half)
  • többség noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Ido

1 entries
  • majoritato noun (more than half)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mayoritas noun (more than half)

Irish

1 entries
  • tromlach noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Italian

2 entries
  • maggioranza noun (more than half)
  • maggiore età noun (legal adulthood)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 多数 noun (more than half)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • көпшілік noun (more than half)

Korean

3 entries
  • 과반수 noun (more than half)
  • 다수 noun (more than half)
  • 득표차 noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • көпчүлүк noun (more than half)

Latin

2 entries
  • majōritās noun (more than half)
  • plēritās noun (more than half)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vairākums noun (more than half)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dauguma noun (more than half)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • мнозинство noun (more than half)
  • мнозинство noun (more than half)
  • мнозинство noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • полноле́тност noun (legal adulthood)

Malay

1 entries
  • majoriti noun (more than half)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഭൂരിപക്ഷം noun (more than half)

Maltese

1 entries
  • maġġoranza noun (more than half)

Māori

1 entries
  • nuinga noun (more than half)

Navajo

1 entries
  • agháago áníidlą́ą́ʼ noun (more than half)

Norman

2 entries
  • mâjorité noun (more than half)
  • mâjorité noun (legal adulthood)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • majoritet noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • myndighetsalder noun (legal adulthood)
  • seiersmargin noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • flertall noun (more than half)
  • majoritet noun (more than half)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • fleirtal noun (more than half)
  • majoritet noun (more than half)

Occitan

1 entries
  • majoritat noun (more than half)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • векшина noun (more than half)

Persian

2 entries
  • اکثریت noun (more than half)
  • اکثریت ساده noun (more than half)

Polish

1 entries
  • większość noun (more than half)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • maioria noun (more than half)
  • maioria noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)
  • maioridade noun (legal adulthood)

Romanian

2 entries
  • majorat noun (legal adulthood)
  • majoritate noun (more than half)

Russian

2 entries
  • большинство́ noun (more than half)
  • перевес noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • làn-aois noun (legal adulthood)
  • mòr-chuid noun (more than half)
  • mòr-chuid noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • većina noun (more than half)
  • већина noun (more than half)

Slovak

1 entries
  • väčšina noun (more than half)

Slovene

1 entries
  • večina noun (more than half)

Spanish

2 entries
  • mayoría noun (more than half)
  • mayoría de edad noun (legal adulthood)

Swedish

1 entries
  • majoritet noun (more than half)

Tajik

1 entries
  • аксарият noun (more than half)

Thai

1 entries
  • นิติภาวะ noun (legal adulthood)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ekseriyet noun (more than half)
  • çoğunluk noun (more than half)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • köplük noun (more than half)
  • köpçülik noun (more than half)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • бі́льшість noun (more than half)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اَکْثَرِیَّت noun (more than half)
  • اَکْثَرِیَّت noun (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • aksariyat noun (more than half)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • phần đông noun (more than half)
  • số đông noun (more than half)
  • đa số noun (more than half)

Welsh

1 entries
  • mwyafrif noun (more than half)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מערהייט noun (more than half)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.

Source: tatoeba (1774)

The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority.

Source: tatoeba (20024)

The bill passed by a small majority of 10 votes.

Source: tatoeba (20026)

A majority of students dislike history.

Source: tatoeba (21399)

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