Main entry: minor
Definition: inferior in number or size or amount
Usage: a minor share of the profits; Ursa Minor
Antonyms: major
Definition: greater in number or size or amount
Main entry: minor
Definition: lesser in scope or effect
Usage: had minor differences; a minor disturbance
Antonyms: major
Definition: greater in scope or effect
Main entry: minor, nonaged, underage
Definition: not of legal age
Usage: minor children
Antonyms: major
Definition: of full legal age
Main entry: minor
Definition: of a scale or mode
Usage: the minor keys; in B flat minor
Antonyms: major
Definition: of a scale or mode
Main entry: minor
Definition: of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
Antonyms: major
Definition: of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
Main entry: minor
Definition: of lesser importance or stature or rank
Usage: a minor poet; had a minor part in the play; a minor official; many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen; minor back roads
Antonyms: major
Definition: of greater importance or stature or rank
Antonyms: primary
Definition: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
Antonyms: important, significant
Definition: important in effect or meaning
Main entry: minor
Definition: of lesser seriousness or danger
Usage: suffered only minor injuries; some minor flooding; a minor tropical disturbance
Antonyms: major
Definition: of greater seriousness or danger
Main entry: minor, modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale
Definition: limited in size or scope
Usage: a small business; a newspaper with a modest circulation; small-scale plans; a pocket-size country
Main entry: minor
Definition: of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Usage: Jones minor
Antonyms: senior
Definition: older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
Main entry: minor, venial
Definition: warranting only temporal punishment
Usage: venial sin
Antonyms: unpardonable
Definition: not admitting of pardon