Main entry: major
Definition: greater in number or size or amount
Usage: a major portion (a majority) of the population; Ursa Major; a major portion of the winnings
Antonyms: minor
Definition: inferior in number or size or amount
Definition: grow worse
Antonyms: worsen, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate
Definition: make worse
Antonyms: worse
Definition: (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
Definition: changed for the worse in health or fitness
Main entry: major
Definition: greater in scope or effect
Usage: a major contribution; a major improvement; a major break with tradition; a major misunderstanding
Antonyms: minor
Definition: lesser in scope or effect
Main entry: major
Definition: of full legal age
Main entry: major
Definition: of a scale or mode
Usage: major scales; the key of D major
Antonyms: minor
Definition: of a scale or mode
Main entry: major
Definition: of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
Usage: his major field was mathematics
Antonyms: minor
Definition: of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
Main entry: major
Definition: of greater importance or stature or rank
Usage: a major artist; a major role; major highways
Antonyms: minor
Definition: of lesser importance or stature or rank
Antonyms: following
Definition: going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction
Main entry: major
Definition: of greater seriousness or danger
Usage: a major earthquake; a major hurricane; a major illness
Antonyms: minor
Definition: of lesser seriousness or danger
Main entry: major
Definition: of the elder of two boys with the same family name
Usage: Jones major
Antonyms: junior
Definition: younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service