Majority

Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
  • (n.) The military rank of a major.
  • (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
  • (n.) The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
  • (n.) Ancestors; ancestry.
  • (n.) The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

Compare majority with other words:

majority vs. predominant

majority vs. unity

majority vs. many

bulk vs. majority

main vs. majority

majority vs. primary

fele vs. majority

all vs. majority

majority vs. quorum

landslide vs. majority

majority vs. most

majority vs. plurality

majority vs. minority

majority vs. uncountable

countable vs. majority

half vs. majority

majority vs. rubber

major vs. majority

consensus vs. majority