Synonyms of the word

major

• n. a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
• adj. Of great significance or importance.
• adj. Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
• adj. Of full legal age, having attained majority.
• adj. (music) Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
• adj. (music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
• adj. (music) Containing the note a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
• n. (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at…
• n. (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) A student at a college or university concentrating on a given…
• n. A person of legal age.
• n. (logic) The major premise.
• n. (Canadian football) An alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
• n. A large, commercially successful record label, as opposed to an indie.
• n. (British slang, dated) An elder brother (especially at a public school).
• n. (zoology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
• v. (intransitive) to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.

bailiwick

• n. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
• n. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

better

• adj. comparative form of good: more good.
• adj. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
• n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
• v. (transitive) To improve.
• v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
• v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
• v. (colloquial) Had better.
• n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

discipline

• n. A controlled behaviour; self-control.
• n. An enforced compliance or control.
• n. A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
• n. A state of order based on submission to authority.
• n. A punishment to train or maintain control.
• n. A whip used for self-flagellation.
• n. A set of rules regulating behaviour.
• n. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
• n. A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
• n. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
• v. (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
• v. (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
• v. (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
• v. (transitive) To impose order on someone.

educatee

• n. Someone who is being educated.

field

• n. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
• n. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
• n. The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
• n. A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
• n. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
• n. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
• n. The extent of a given perception.
• n. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
• n. An area reserved for playing a game.
• n. A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
• n. (algebra) A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse.
• n. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
• n. (heraldry) The background of the shield.
• n. (vexillology) The background of the flag.
• n. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
• n. A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
• n. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
• n. (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by…
• n. (baseball) The outfield.
• n. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
• n. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
• v. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
• v. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball,…
• v. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
• v. (transitive) To answer; to address.
• v. (transitive) To defeat.
• v. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
• v. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.

leading

• v. present participle of lead.
• adj. Providing guidance or direction.
• adj. Ranking first.
• adj. Occurring in advance; preceding.
• n. An act by which one is led or guided.
• n. (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

prima

• adj. most important.

pupil

• n. (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
• n. A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
• n. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the…

senior

• adj. Older; superior.
• adj. Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
• adj. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
• n. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
• n. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
• n. Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
• n. (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.

solon

• n. A wise legislator or lawgiver.
• n. Any legislator.

star

• n. Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location…
• n. (astronomy) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having…
• n. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or…
• n. (acting) An actor in a leading role.
• n. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
• n. (printing) An asterisk (*).
• n. A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
• n. A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in…
• n. (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
• n. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
• n. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in…
• v. (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
• v. (transitive) To feature a performer or a headliner, especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
• v. (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
• v. (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.

starring

• adj. of, relating to, or in the manner of a star.
• v. present participle of star.
• v. (with a film as its subject) That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles,…
• n. The action of the verb to star.

statesman

• n. A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
• n. A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or…
• n. In the dialect of the English Lake District and nearby, a man who lives on a landed estate.

stellar

• adj. (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
• adj. Heavenly.
• adj. Exceptional; wonderful.

student

• n. A person who studies or learns about a particular academic subject.
• n. (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
• n. A person enrolled at a university.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A schoolchild.

study

• v. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them,…
• v. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
• v. To acquire knowledge on a subject.
• v. To look at minutely.
• v. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
• v. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
• n. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
• n. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
• n. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
• n. The act of studying or examining; examination.
• n. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
• n. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of…
• n. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
• n. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.

subject

• adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
• adj. Conditional upon.
• adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
• adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
• n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
• n. An actor; one who takes action.
• n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
• n. A particular area of study.
• n. A citizen in a monarchy.
• n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
• n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
• n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
• n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
• n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
• v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…