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Defenition of the word minor

    • Defenition of the word minor

      • A person who is too young to be considered legally competent according to the laws of a jurisdiction.
      • a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
      • inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"
      • lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"
      • (music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
      • of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
      • of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"
      • of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"
      • (British) of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"
      • limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"
      • (law) not of legal age; "minor children"
      • (theology) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"
      • a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters"
      • limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
      • not of legal age; "minor children"
      • of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
      • warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"
      • a young person of either sex
      • limited in size or scope
      • inferior in number or size or amount
      • lesser in scope or effect
      • not of legal age
      • of a scale or mode
      • of lesser importance or stature or rank
      • of lesser seriousness or danger
      • warranting only temporal punishment
      • of the younger of two boys with the same family name

    Synonyms for the word minor

      • adolescent
      • child
      • fry
      • inconsequential
      • inconsiderable
      • inferior
      • insignificant
      • junior
      • juvenile
      • kid
      • less important
      • less significant
      • lesser
      • marginal
      • minor-league
      • modest
      • negligible
      • nestling
      • nipper
      • nonaged
      • petty
      • secondary
      • shaver
      • slight
      • small
      • small fry
      • small-scale
      • teenager
      • tiddler
      • tike
      • trifling
      • trivial
      • tyke
      • underage
      • unimportant
      • venial
      • young
      • young person
      • youngster
      • youth

    Similar words in the minor

      • insignificant
      • junior
      • limited
      • little
      • minor
      • minored
      • minoring
      • minority
      • minority's
      • minors
      • pardonable
      • peanut
      • secondary
      • small

    Meronymys for the word minor

      • child's body

    Hyponyms for the word minor

      • bairn
      • bambino
      • buster
      • changeling
      • child prodigy
      • foster child
      • foster-child
      • fosterling
      • imp
      • infant prodigy
      • kiddy
      • kindergartener
      • kindergartner
      • monkey
      • orphan
      • peanut
      • picaninny
      • piccaninny
      • pickaninny
      • poster child
      • preschooler
      • rapscallion
      • rascal
      • scalawag
      • scallywag
      • scamp
      • silly
      • sprog
      • street child
      • toddler
      • tot
      • urchin
      • waif
      • wonder child
      • yearling

    Hypernyms for the word minor

      • juvenile
      • juvenile person
      • surname

    Antonyms for the word minor

      • major

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