| major | | |
| n. (person) | 1. major | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ commissioned military officer | a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps. |
| n. (person) | 2. john major, john r. major, john roy major, major | British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943). |
| ~ national leader, solon, statesman | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs. |
| n. (person) | 3. major | a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject.; "she is a linguistics major" |
| ~ educatee, pupil, student | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. major | the principal field of study of a student at a university.; "her major is linguistics" |
| ~ discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study | 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. 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. |
| adj. | 6. major | of greater importance or stature or rank.; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" |
| ~ leading, prima, star, starring, stellar | indicating the most important performer or role.; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" |
| adj. | 7. major | greater in scope or effect.; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" |
| adj. | 8. major | greater in number or size or amount.; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" |
| ~ better | more than half.; "argued for the better part of an hour" |
| adj. | 9. major | of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes.; "his major field was mathematics" |
| adj. | 10. major | of a scale or mode.; "major scales"; "the key of D major" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| adj. | 11. major | of greater seriousness or danger.; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" |
| adj. | 12. major | of full legal age. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| adj. | 13. major | of the elder of two boys with the same family name.; "Jones major" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ senior | older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service.; "senior officer" |
| higher-up | | |
| n. (person) | 1. higher-up, superior, superordinate | one of greater rank or station or quality. |
| ~ leader | a person who rules or guides or inspires others. |
| ~ better | a superior person having claim to precedence.; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" |
| ~ god | a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people.; "he was a god among men" |
| ~ supervisor | one who supervises or has charge and direction of. |
| surpass | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. excel, stand out, surpass | distinguish oneself.; "She excelled in math" |
| ~ top, exceed, go past, overstep, transcend, pass | be superior or better than some standard.; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" |
| ~ outrank, rank | take precedence or surpass others in rank. |
| ~ excel at, shine at | be good at.; "She shines at math" |
| v. (competition) | 2. exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | be or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, overreach, beat | beat through cleverness and wit.; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" |
| ~ outgrow | grow faster than. |
| ~ outcry, outshout | shout louder than. |
| ~ outroar | roar louder than. |
| ~ outsail | sail faster or better than.; "They outsailed the Roman fleet" |
| ~ outdraw | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight. |
| ~ outsell | sell more than others.; "This salesman outsells his colleagues" |
| ~ outsell | be sold more often than other, similar products.; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin" |
| ~ outpace | surpass in speed.; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence" |
| ~ better, break | surpass in excellence.; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" |
| ~ outshine | attract more attention and praise than others.; "This film outshone all the others in quality" |
| ~ outrange | have a greater range than (another gun). |
| ~ outweigh | be heavier than. |
| ~ outbrave | be braver than. |
| ~ out-herod | surpass someone in cruelty or evil. |
| ~ outfox | outdo someone in trickery. |
| ~ shame | surpass or beat by a wide margin. |
| ~ outmarch | march longer distances and for a longer time than.; "This guy can outmarch anyone!" |
| ~ outwear | last longer than others.; "This material outwears all others" |
| v. (motion) | 3. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ run by | pass by while running.; "We watched children were running by" |
| ~ fly by | pass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by" |
| ~ whisk by, zip by, fly by | move by very quickly. |
| v. (stative) | 4. exceed, surpass, transcend | be greater in scope or size than some standard.; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" |
| ~ overgrow | grow too large. |
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