Major
Major adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Usage example: with several blockbuster hits under her belt, the actress now commands some major cash for appearing in a movie
Respectable and major are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respectable" instead an adjective "Major".
Respectable
Respectable adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Usage example: got paid a respectable sum for speaking at our graduation
Major and respectable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Major" instead an adjective "Respectable".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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With Super Dangan Ronpa 2, this ends up played with: He never voiced someone major or respectable from Gundam... but he ended up voicing someone named Gund(h)am... Screams Like a Little Girl: While he didn't use it in BlazBlue unlike Patrick Seitz, he can do an epic one in Gintama.
Source: Creator / Tomokazu Sugita - In the third book of John Maddox Roberts's Stormlands series, Fyana plows through a fairly respectable spread as if she hasn't eaten in days after performing a major healing ritual.
Source: Cast From Calories -
On the surface, he is a respectable businessman, and a major supporter of local law enforcement agencies.
Source: Villain with Good Publicity
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