Definitions For Major
noun
- 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 Major 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
14
Words with Friends
17
The word Major is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 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.