major

major is a 5-letter English word with 21 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
2. adjective. Of greater dignity; more important.
3. adjective. Of full legal age.
4. adjective. Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
5. adjective. An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
6. adjective. A person of full age.
7. adjective. That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
8. adjective. A mayor.
9. noun. the principal field of study of a student at a university

   "her major is linguistics"

10. noun. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
11. noun. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

    "she is a linguistics major"

12. noun. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
13. verb. have as one's principal field of study

    "She is majoring in linguistics"

14. adjective. greater in number or size or amount

    "a major portion (a majority) of the population"

    "Ursa Major"

15. adjective. greater in scope or effect

    "a major contribution"

    "a major improvement"

16. adjective. of full legal age
17. adjective. of a scale or mode

    "major scales"

    "the key of D major"

18. adjective. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

    "his major field was mathematics"

19. adjective. of greater importance or stature or rank

    "a major artist"

    "a major role"

20. adjective. of greater seriousness or danger

    "a major earthquake"

    "a major hurricane"

21. adjective. of the elder of two boys with the same family name

    "Jones major"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in major:

jarmo, joram

Common word forms

majors, majored, majorly, majoring, majority, majorize

Words from these letters

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