Minor

Meaning of Minor

adjective
  1. lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
    she requested a number of minor alterations
  2. (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.
  3. (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers.
    Smith minor
  4. (of a term) occurring as the subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
noun
  1. a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
    the court would take account of the minor's wishes
  2. a minor key, interval, or scale.
  3. the minor leagues in baseball or American football.
    Salinas was one of six teams in the minors
  4. a student's subsidiary subject or course.
    a minor in American Indian studies
  5. a minor term or premise.
  6. short for minor suit.
    a bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors
  7. a small drab moth which has purplish caterpillars that feed on grass.
verb
  1. study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university.
    Clark had minored in Animal Science

Middle English: from Latin, ‘smaller, less’; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.

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Hyphenation of Minor

Mi-nor

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Minor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Minor synonyms

Meaning nonaged:

nonaged, underage

Meaning venial:

venial

Meaning modest:

modest, small

Meaning child:

child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling

Meaning (especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; rather trivial or superficial:

slight

Meaning lacking in importance or significance:

unimportant

Meaning too small or unimportant to be worth consideration:

insignificant

Meaning not important or significant:

inconsequential

Meaning unimportant or insignificant:

inconsiderable

Meaning of secondary or minor importance; marginal:

peripheral

Meaning less important than but related or supplementary to something:

subsidiary

Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:

negligible

Meaning of little value or importance:

trivial

Meaning unimportant or trivial:

trifling

Meaning petty; trivial:

paltry

Meaning of little importance; trivial:

petty

Meaning trivial and irritating:

footling

Meaning trivial; unimportant:

piffling

Meaning pathetically trivial; trifling:

piddling

Meaning not known or familiar:

unknown

Meaning not so great or important as the other or the rest:

lesser

Meaning not important or well known:

obscure

Meaning lacking seriousness, depth, or influence:

lightweight

Meaning lower in rank or position:

subordinate

Meaning of little value or significance; petty:

picayune

Meaning for or denoting young or younger people:

junior

Meaning having lived or existed for only a short time:

younger

Meaning a very young child or baby:

infant

Meaning a young man:

youth

Meaning an adolescent boy or girl:

adolescent

Meaning a person aged between 13 and 19 years:

teenager

Meaning a male child or youth:

boy

Meaning a female child:

girl

Meaning a boy or young man (often as a form of address):

lad

Meaning a girl or young woman:

lass

Meaning a boy attending school:

schoolboy

Meaning a girl attending school:

schoolgirl

Meaning a young child:

kiddie

Minor antonyms

Meaning important, serious, or significant:

major

Meaning of great significance or value:

important

Meaning notably large in size, amount, or extent:

considerable

Meaning a person who is fully grown or developed:

adult

Anagrams of Minor

Morin, morin, Normi

Words that rhyme with Minor

Gainor, Trainor, attainor, bargainor, distrainor, gainor, mainor, maintainor, dinor, Elinor, alluminor, minor, semiminor, spinor, trinor

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