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Majority [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The greater number; more than half; as a majority of mankind; a majority of votes in Congress. A measure may be carried by a large or small majority

2. Full age; the age at which the laws of a country permit a young person to manage his own affairs. Henry III. had no sooner come to his majority than the barons raised war against him.

3. The office, rank or commission of a major.

4. The state of being greater.

5. It is not a plurality of parts, without majority of parts. [Little used.]

6. [Latin majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Not used.]

7. Chief rank. [Not used.]

Majority [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.

2. The military rank of a major.

3. The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

4. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

5. Ancestors; ancestry.

6. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

Superiority Roget’s Thesaurus §33

N. superiority, majority, greatness, advantage, pull, preponderance, preponderation, vantage ground, prevalence, partiality, personal superiority, nobility, triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain, crackajack *, supremacy, preeminence, lead, maximum, record, τρικυμία, climax, culmination, transcendence, ne plus ultra, lion's share, benjamin's mess, excess, surplus, (redundancy) 641

V. be superior, exceed, excel, transcend, outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-herod, pass, surpass, get ahead of, over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch, top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out, beat hollow, outstrip, eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint, have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, play first fiddle, preponderate, predominate, prevail, precede, take precedence, come first, come to a head, culminate, beat &c. all others, bear the palm, break the record, take the cake *, become larger, render larger, (expand) 194

Adj. superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, great, distinguished, ultra, vaulting, more than a match for, supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning, first-rate, (excellent) 648, unrivaled peerless, matchless, none such, second to none, sans pareil, unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed, superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra, beyond compare, beyond comparison, culminating, transcendent, transcendental, plus royaliste que le roi, more catholic than the pope increased, enlarged

Adv. beyond, more, over, over the mark, above the mark, above par, upwards of, in advance of, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height, eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more

Phr. "i shall not look upon his like again", deos fortioribus addesse

Plurality Roget’s Thesaurus §100

N. plurality, a number, # a certain number, one or two, two or three &c, a few, several, multitude, majority, multitude

Adj. plural, more than one, upwards of, some, several, a few, certain, not alone

Adv. et cetera, &c, etc. among other things, inter alia

Phr. non deficit alter

Multitude Roget’s Thesaurus §102

N. multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple

V. be numerous, swarm with, teem with, creep with, crowd, swarm, come thick upon, outnumber, multiply, people, swarm like locusts, swarm like bees

Adj. many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty &c, half a dozen, half a hundred &c, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless

Phr. their name is "legion", acervatim, en foule, "many- headed multitude", "numerous as glittering gems of morning dew", vel prece vel pretio

Adolescence Roget’s Thesaurus §131

N. adolescence, pubescence, majority, adultism, adultness, manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age, flower of age, prime of life, meridian of life, spring of life, man, woman, adult, no chicken

V. come of age, come to man's estate, come to years of discretion, attain majority, assume the toga virilis, have cut one's eyeteeth, have sown one's mild oats

Adj. adolescent, pubescent, of age, of full age, of ripe age, out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult, womanly, matronly, marriageable, nubile, 3. time with reference to an effect or purpose