minor
/ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables
Minor means: a young person of either sex.
Synonyms for minor27
noun, as in a young person of either sex
adjective, as in relatively moderate, limited, or small
adjective, as in of lesser importance or stature or rank
adjective, as in not of legal age
adjective, as in warranting only temporal punishment
adjective, as in of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Opposites of minor
What does minor mean?12
noun
a young person of either sex“she writes books for children”
adjective
relatively moderate, limited, or small“a small business”
of lesser importance or stature or rank“a minor poet”
not of legal age“minor children”
warranting only temporal punishment“venial sin”
of the younger of two boys with the same family name“Jones minor”
lesser in scope or effect“had minor differences”
inferior in number or size or amount“a minor share of the profits”
(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees“the minor keys”
of lesser seriousness or danger“suffered only minor injuries”
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
verb
have as one's secondary field of study“in college she minored in mathematics”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with minor?5
Minor in a sentence
- Fondness is one thing, sex with a minor is something else entirely.OsoHombre
- In this section, the piece modulates to the parallel minor key.mailohilohi
- Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.carlosalberto
- After a month or two, you won't remember such minor details.sundown
- Without effective antibiotics, any surgery, even a minor one, could become fatal.Hybrid
- He's a minor player, but tends to overstate his own importance.tripbeetle
- With some minor reinforcements, this structure will be able to withstand against anything.swolesuki
- Where there is the major, the minor becomes neglected.billt_estates
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of minor
as a noun
- plural
- minors
as a verb
- past tense
- minored
- present participle
- minoring
- third-person singular
- minors
- past participle
- minored