major party

noun

: a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power

Examples of major party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This in a state in which total combined advertising for the two major party candidates is approaching $400 million. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

Not only are both of our two major parties now committed to the practice, one-upping each other into the future, but the common citizen is on board as well, yearning for a chance to do injury to people who think differently. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Golan is the only candidate for a major party in Israel still supporting a two-state solution with the Palestinians. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Fifty-seven years later, the cape has resurfaced in front of the paparazzi at a major party. — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for major party

• counterparty
• multiparty
• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty