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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | minor | Of lesser importance or stature or rank |
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| 2 | minor | Lesser in scope or effect | |
| 3 | minor | Inferior in number or size or amount | |
| 4 | minor | Of a scale or mode | |
| 5 | minor, nonaged, underage | Not of legal age | |
| 6 | minor | Of lesser seriousness or danger | |
| 7 | minor | Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization | |
| 8 | minor | Of the younger of two boys with the same family name | |
| 9 | minor, venial | Warranting only temporal punishment | |
| 10 | minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized | Limited in size or scope | |
| NOUN | 1 | minor, child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling | A young person of either sex |
| Sounds | may'ner |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner, afterburner, airliner, and 172 more rhymes in ner... |
| Meaning | Of lesser importance or stature or rank. |
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| Examples | "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" |
| Contrary | major |
| Similar | insignificant, peanut; secondary |
| Meaning | Lesser in scope or effect. |
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| Examples | "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" |
| Contrary | major |
| Meaning | Inferior in number or size or amount. |
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| Examples | "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" |
| Contrary | major |
| Attribute of | minority |
| Nouns | minority |
| Meaning | Of a scale or mode. |
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| Examples | "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" |
| Contrary | major |
| Category | music |
| Meaning | Not of legal age. |
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| Examples | "minor children" |
| Synonyms | nonaged, underage |
| Contrary | major |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Nouns | minority |
| Meaning | Of lesser seriousness or danger. |
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| Examples | "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" |
| Contrary | major |
| Meaning | Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization. |
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| Contrary | major |
| Meaning | Of the younger of two boys with the same family name. |
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| Examples | "Jones minor" |
| Similar to | junior |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Meaning | Warranting only temporal punishment. |
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| Synonyms | venial |
| Similar to | pardonable |
| Category | theology, divinity |
| Meaning | Limited in size or scope. |
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| Synonyms | modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized |
| Similar to | limited |
| Meaning | A young person of either sex. |
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| Synonyms | child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling |
| Parts | child's body |
| Broader | juvenile, juvenile person |
| Narrower | bairn; buster; changeling; child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child; foster-child, foster child, fosterling; imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag; kiddy; orphan; peanut; pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny; poster child; preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener; silly; sprog; toddler, yearling, tot, bambino; urchin; waif, street child |
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