relative majority

Questions about relative majority

What is another word for relative majority?

It depends which relative majority you mean. In the sense “(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)”, the synonyms are plurality. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of relative majority?

WordNet records no antonym for relative majority. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for relative majority come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of relative majority

• Full entry for relative majorityAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for relative majorityWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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