Definition of minor - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Adjective

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"

Adjective

lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"

Adjective

inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"

Adjective

of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"

Adjective

not of legal age; "minor children"

Adjective

of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"

Adjective

of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

Adjective Satellite

of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

Adjective Satellite

warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

Adjective Satellite

limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

Noun

a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngster"

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Synonyms

child fry kid modest nestling nipper nonaged pocket-size pocket-sized shaver small small fry small-scale tiddler tike tyke underage venial youngster

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Antonyms

major

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More General Terms

juvenile juvenile person

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More Specific Terms

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

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