majority

noun

1 in the majority of cases:

larger part/number, greater part/number, major part, best/better part, main part, most, more than half;

bulk, mass, weight, (main) body, preponderance, predominance, generality, lion's share;

(the majority) (the) people, the masses, the silent majority.

▷antonyms minority.

2 without this shift, Kerry would have had a popular majority of a million votes:

(winning) margin, superiority of numbers/votes;

landslide.

3 a girl who has not yet reached her majority:

coming of age, legal age, seniority, adulthood, manhood/womanhood, maturity;

age of consent.