Definitions For Major

noun

  • The most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
  • The principal field of study of a student at a university
  • A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
  • A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
  • British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  • A military officer in the army, air force, or marines who ranks above a captain
  • The main subject studied by a college or university student
  • A student who has a specified main subject of study

verb

  • Have as one's principal field of study

adjective

  • Greater in number or size or amount
  • Greater in scope or effect
  • Of full legal age
  • (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
  • Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
  • Of greater importance or stature or rank
  • Of greater seriousness or danger

adjective

  • Of the elder of two boys with the same family name

Is Majors a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
18

The word Major is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Major in a Sentence

  • He's one of the major figures in 19th-century U.S. history.
  • Researchers have announced a major advance in the treatment of cancer.
  • She played a major role in the negotiations.
  • He chose history as his major and French as his minor.
  • What was your major in college?
  • In college, he was a history major.

Synonyms for Major

Antonyms for Majors

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