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majority

noun

1 majority

The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part:
— The majority of his customers prefer it.

synonym: bulk.

Roget 102: multitude; numerous etc. adj.; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion etc. (plenty) 639; legion, host; great number, ... show more

Roget 100: plurality; a number, a certain number; one or two, two or three &c.; a few, several; multitude etc. 102; majority.    [large number] multitude ... show more

Roget 33: superiority, majority; greatness etc. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility ... show more

Roget 131: adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism; adultness etc. adj.; manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age; flower of age; prime of life, meridian of life, ... show more

Dutch: gros, hoofdmoot, majoriteit, meerderheid, merendeel, overmacht
Polish: gros, lwia część, większość

2 majority

elections More than half of the votes.

synonym: absolute majority.

Dutch: meerderheid, volstrekte meerderheid, absolute meerderheid, merendeel
Polish: większość bezwzględna, bezwzględna większość

3 majority

The age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs.

synonym: legal age.

Dutch: meerderjarigheid, mondigheid


Moby thesaurus: accomplishment, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, ascendancy, best part, better part, body, bulk, deanship, driving age, essence, excellence, favor, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full growth, fullgrownness, generality ... show more.

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