MINOR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a young person of either sex
   Synonym(s)
   • child (what does child mean?)
   • fry (what does fry mean?)
   • kid (what does kid mean?)
   • nestling (what does nestling mean?)
   • nipper (what does nipper mean?)
   • shaver (what does shaver mean?)
   • small fry (what does small fry mean?)
   • tiddler (what does tiddler mean?)
   • tike (what does tike mean?)
   • tyke (what does tyke mean?)
   • youngster (what does youngster mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she writes books for children
   • they”re just kids
   • `tiddler” is a British term for youngsters
   Hypernyms(s) minor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • juvenile (what does juvenile mean?)
   • juvenile person (what does juvenile person mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bairn (what does bairn mean?)
   • buster (what does buster mean?)
   • changeling (what does changeling mean?)
   • child prodigy (what does child prodigy mean?)
   • infant prodigy (what does infant prodigy mean?)
   • wonder child (what does wonder child mean?)
   • foster-child (what does foster-child mean?)
   • fosterling (what does fosterling mean?)
   • imp (what does imp mean?)
   • scamp (what does scamp mean?)
   • monkey (what does monkey mean?)
   • rascal (what does rascal mean?)
   • rapscallion (what does rapscallion mean?)
   • scalawag (what does scalawag mean?)
   • scallywag (what does scallywag mean?)
   • kiddy (what does kiddy mean?)
   • orphan (what does orphan mean?)
   • peanut (what does peanut mean?)
   • pickaninny (what does pickaninny mean?)
   • piccaninny (what does piccaninny mean?)
   • picaninny (what does picaninny mean?)
   • poster child (what does poster child mean?)
   • preschooler (what does preschooler mean?)
   • silly (what does silly mean?)
   • sprog (what does sprog mean?)
   • toddler (what does toddler mean?)
   • yearling (what does yearling mean?)
   • tot (what does tot mean?)
   • bambino (what does bambino mean?)
   • urchin (what does urchin mean?)
   • waif (what does waif mean?)
   • street child (what does street child mean?)

MINOR as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • limited in size or scope
   Synonym(s)
   • modest (what does modest mean?)
   • pocket-size (what does pocket-size mean?)
   • pocket-sized (what does pocket-sized mean?)
   • small (what does small mean?)
   • small-scale (what does small-scale mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a small business
   • a newspaper with a modest circulation
   • small-scale plans
   • a pocket-size country
   Similar To
   • limited (what does limited mean?)
2. Meaning
   • inferior in number or size or amount
   Usage Example(s)
   • a minor share of the profits
   • Ursa Minor
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • minority (what does minority mean?)
3. Meaning
   • lesser in scope or effect
   Usage Example(s)
   • had minor differences
   • a minor disturbance
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
4. Meaning
   • not of legal age
   Synonym(s)
   • nonaged (what does nonaged mean?)
   • underage (what does underage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • minor children
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
5. Meaning
   • of a scale or mode
   Usage Example(s)
   • the minor keys
   • in B flat minor
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
6. Meaning
   • of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
7. Meaning
   • of lesser importance or stature or rank
   Usage Example(s)
   • a minor poet
   • had a minor part in the play
   • a minor official
   • many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
   • minor back roads
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
   Similar To
   • insignificant (what does insignificant mean?)
   • peanut (what does peanut mean?)
   • secondary (what does secondary mean?)
8. Meaning
   • of lesser seriousness or danger
   Usage Example(s)
   • suffered only minor injuries
   • some minor flooding
   • a minor tropical disturbance
   Antonym(s)
   • major (what does major mean?)
9. Meaning
   • warranting only temporal punishment
   Synonym(s)
   • venial (what does venial mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • venial sin
   Similar To
   • pardonable (what does pardonable mean?)