Minor — synonyms, minor antonyms, definition

1. minor (a) Brit

accidental adolescent child clinging dependent dispensable excusable expendable frivolous futile immature inconsequential inconsiderable indigent inferior insignificant junior justifiable lesser light • • •

2. minor (Noun) Brit

adolescent client customer delinquent dependent fry infant junior kid nestling nipper orphan shaver small fry teen teenager tiddler tike tyke ward • • •

minor (Noun) — A young person of either sex. ex. "she writes books for minors"

minor (Noun) — (law) someone too young to have full legal responsibility.

juvenile juvenile person ankle-biter bairn bambino buster changeling child prodigy foster child foster-child fosterling imp infant prodigy kiddie kiddy kindergartener kindergartner monkey orphan peanut picaninny piccaninny • • • child's body

3. minor (Adjective) Brit

modest nonaged pocket-size pocket-sized small-scale underage major

minor (Adjective) — Of lesser importance, stature or rank. ex. "a minor poet" ex. "had a minor part in the play" ex. "a minor official" ex. "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen" ex. "minor back roads"

minor (Adjective) — Lesser in scope or effect. ex. "had minor differences" ex. "a minor disturbance"

minor (Adjective) — Inferior in number, size or amount. ex. "a minor share of the profits" ex. "Ursa Minor"

minor (Adjective) — (music) of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat. ex. "the minor keys" ex. "in B flat minor"

minor (Adjective) — (law) not of legal age. ex. "minor children"

minor (Adjective) — Of lesser seriousness or danger. ex. "suffered only minor injuries" ex. "some minor flooding" ex. "a minor tropical disturbance"

minor (Adjective) — Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization.

minor (Adjective) — Of the younger of two boys with the same family name.

minor (Adjective) — (theology) warranting only temporal punishment. ex. "minor sin"

minor (Adjective) — Limited in size or scope. ex. "a newspaper with a minor circulation"

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4. minor (Verb) Brit

minor (Verb) — (higher education) study as a secondary subject.