Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun majors

1 sense of majors

Sense 1
major league, big league, majors -- (the most important league in any sport (especially baseball))
       => league, conference -- (an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun major

4 senses of major

Sense 1
major -- (a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain)
       => commissioned military officer -- (a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps)

Sense 2
Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major -- (British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943))
       INSTANCE OF=> statesman, solon, national leader -- (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 3
major -- (a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major")
       => student, pupil, educatee -- (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)

Sense 4
major -- (the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics")
       => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick -- (a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb major

1 sense of major

Sense 1
major -- (have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics")
       => study -- (be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning)