EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR MAJOR
We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery.
Major Vernier, of Pulaski's legion, and twenty-five men, were killed.
Major John Postell had been pitched upon as the first victim.
Allen was mounted on the major's charger, and was ordered to swim the river.
"Well, you see, what was a fellow to do," returned the major suspiciously.
The major had taken her part and been of the greatest service to her.
"By no means, I give you my word of honor," answered the major, laughing.
"It was no tiger at all—that was the joke of the thing," said the major.
He ran and pulled some grass and proceeded to rub the Major down.
His strength and coolness were a great comfort both to Hester and the major.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR MAJOR
chiefest
adjectivemost important, essential- arch
- capital
- cardinal
- central
- champion
- consequential
- controlling
- crucial
- effective
- especial
- first
- foremost
- grand
- head
- highest
- key
- leading
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- momentous
- number one
- outstanding
- paramount
- potent
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- preeminent
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- primary
- prime
- principal
- ruling
- significant
- star
- stellar
- superior
- supreme
- telling
- uppermost
- vital
- weighty
considerable
adjectiveabundant, largeextensive
adjectivefar-reaching, thorough- across the board
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- big
- blanket
- boundless
- broad
- capacious
- commodious
- comprehensive
- comprising
- considerable
- expanded
- extended
- far-flung
- general
- great
- hefty
- huge
- inclusive
- indiscriminate
- large
- large-scale
- lengthy
- long
- major
- pervasive
- prevalent
- protracted
- roomy
- scopic
- scopious
- sizable
- spacious
- sweeping
- unexclusive
- universal
- unrestricted
- vast
- voluminous
- wall to wall
- wholesale
- wide
- wide-ranging
- widespread
full-scale
adjectivetotal, all-outfundamental
adjectivebasic, important- axiological
- axiomatic
- basal
- bottom
- bottom-line
- cardinal
- central
- constitutional
- constitutive
- crucial
- elemental
- elementary
- essential
- first
- foundational
- grass-roots
- indispensable
- integral
- intrinsic
- key
- major
- meat-and-potatoes
- necessary
- organic
- original
- paramount
- primary
- prime
- primitive
- primordial
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- radical
- requisite
- rudimentary
- significant
- structural
- substratal
- substrative
- supporting
- sustaining
- theoretical
- underived
- underlying
- vital
goodly
adjectivesizablegrave
adjectivecrucial, dangerousRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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