Synonyms & Antonyms : Majority

Majority



( Noun )


The majority of people prefer watching games to playing games.

Synonyms:

Adulthood

Excess

Superiority

Preponderance

More than half

Contextual Examples:

If a girl is married before 16 years of her age she can declare her marriage null and void on attaining adulthood.

An excess of fat in one’s diet can lead to heart disease.

He does not mix up gracefully with his classmates because he is suffering from a superiority complex.

This deal was decided according to the theory of preponderance of probability.



Antonyms:

Minority

Smallness

Inferiority

Contextual Examples:

The Sikhs are in minority in Haryana, Himachal and Delhi. The only state where they have majority is Punjab.

His tall talk about himself shows his smallness.

Children from poor families wherever admitted in public schools are bound to carry the inferiority complex owning to obvious reasons.




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