Scrabble & Words with friends points
- major is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
- major is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
- major is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17
Definition of major
- British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) (noun)
Synonyms
- john major
- john r. major
- john roy major
- a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain (noun)
- a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject (noun)
Examples
- she is a linguistics major
- greater in number or size or amount (adjective)
Examples
- a major portion (a majority) of the population
- a major portion of the winnings
- have as one's principal field of study (verb)
Examples
- She is majoring in linguistics
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees (adjective)
Examples
- major scales
- the key of D major
- of full legal age (adjective)
- of greater importance or stature or rank (adjective)
Examples
- a major artist
- a major role
- major highways
- of the elder of two boys with the same family name (adjective)
Examples
- Jones major
- the principal field of study of a student at a university (noun)
Examples
- her major is linguistics
- greater in scope or effect ()
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- a major contribution
- a major improvement
- a major break with tradition
- a major misunderstanding
- of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes ()
Examples
- his major field was mathematics
- of greater seriousness or danger ()
Examples
- a major earthquake
- a major hurricane
- a major illness
See definition of major in Merriam Webster